Areka

Areka
City
Areka city main road
Areka city main road
Areka is located in Ethiopia
Areka
Areka
Map showing Areka in Ethiopia
Coordinates: 7°04′15.5″N 37°42′27.3″E / 7.070972°N 37.707583°E / 7.070972; 37.707583
Country Ethiopia
Region South Ethiopia Regional State
ZoneWolaita
DistrictBoloso Sore
Government
 • MayorDemeke Dejene (Prosperity Party)
Elevation
1,774 m (5,820 ft)
Population
 (2023)
 • Total88,346
 • Male
42,561
 • Female
45,785
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Areka (Ge'ez: አረካ) is a city in southern Ethiopia. Located in some 300 kilometres southwest of the capital, Addis Ababa. This town has a latitude and longitude of 7°4′N 37°42′E / 7.067°N 37.700°E / 7.067; 37.700 and an elevation of 1774 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Boloso Sore woreda.

Areka is served by a sub-office of the Ethiopian postal service.[1] Areka was founded in 1959, and a primary school opened in the town in 1962.[2] The Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research opened a center in Areka in 1985 dedicated to improving the yield of enset.[3]

  1. ^ "Local History of Ethiopia" Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 22 April 2022)
  2. ^ "Ethiopian Village Studies: Gara Godo" Archived 2009-12-20 at the Wayback Machine, Centre for the Study of African Economies, p. 3 (accessed 11 August 2009)
  3. ^ "Research Centers". EARI. Archived from the original on April 23, 2009. Retrieved 30 April 2009.