Boditi

Boditi
City
Boditi
Boditi in 2023
Boditi is located in Ethiopia
Boditi
Boditi
Map showing Boditi in Ethiopia
Coordinates: 6°52′N 37°52′E / 6.867°N 37.867°E / 6.867; 37.867
Country Ethiopia
Region South Ethiopia Regional State
ZoneWolaita
WoredaDamot Gale
Government
 • MayorEshetu Tadesse (Prosperity Party)
Area
 • Total15,255 ha (37,696 acres)
Elevation
1,774 m (5,820 ft)
Highest elevation
2,964 m (9,724 ft)
Lowest elevation
1,612 m (5,289 ft)
Population
 (2023)
 • Total67,861
 • Male
32,941
 • Female
34,920
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Boditi, (Amharic: ቦዲቲ) or (Wolayttattuwa: Bodditte) is a city in south central Ethiopia. Located in the Wolaita Zone of the South Ethiopia Regional State, this town has a latitude and longitude of 6°58′N 37°52′E / 6.967°N 37.867°E / 6.967; 37.867 with an average elevation of 2050 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Damot Gale woreda. The town is bounded by Shasha-Gale Kebele in the north, Ade-Koisha Kebele in the south, Chawkare Kebele in the east and Sibaye-Korke kebele in the west. It is located in East Rift valley at a distance of 180 miles (290 km) to the south of Addis Ababa and at about 86 miles (138 km) to the west of Hawassa.

As of 2006 permanent postal service is available, as well as electricity and telephone service, more colleges and higher educational institutions are currently being developed as the number of school-aged children increases.[1] The map attached to C. W. Gwynn's account of his 1908/09 triangulation survey of southern Ethiopia shows Boditi, with the note that it had a market.[2] During the early 1930s, the market was held on Tuesdays and was very important. In 1969, a group of Swedish architectural students surveyed Boditi, and presented their findings to the University of Lund.[3]

  1. ^ "Infrastracture in Boditi". www.snnprbofed.gov.et.. Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's Region, Bureau of Finance and Economic Development website (accessed 27 September 2009)
  2. ^ Gwynn, "A Journey in Southern Abyssinia", Geographical Journal, 38 (1911), pp. 113-139
  3. ^ Summary at "Local History in Ethiopia"[permanent dead link] The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 6 June 2008)