Dilla, Ethiopia

This article is about the city in Ethiopia. For the town in Gedeo Zone, see Dilla. For the American record producer, see J Dilla.
Dilla
ዲላ
Town
Dilla is located in Ethiopia
Dilla
Dilla
Location within Ethiopia
Coordinates: 6°24′38″N 38°18′37″E / 6.41056°N 38.31028°E / 6.41056; 38.31028
Country Ethiopia
Region South Ethiopia Regional State
ZoneGedeo
Elevation
1,570 m (5,150 ft)
Population
 (2007)[1]
 • Total59,150
 • Estimate 
(2021)[2]
151,682
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
ClimateAw

Dilla (Amharic: ዲላ) is a market town and separate woreda in southern Ethiopia. The administrative center of the Gedeo Zone in the former Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region (SNNPR) now it is South Ethiopia Regional State (SER), it is located on the main road from Addis Ababa to Nairobi. The town has a longitude and latitude of 6°24′30″N 38°18′30″E / 6.40833°N 38.30833°E / 6.40833; 38.30833, with an elevation of 1570 meters above sea level. It was part of Wenago woreda and is currently surrounded by Dilla Zuria woreda.

Until the completion in the early 1970s of the tarmac road to the Kenya border, Dilla had been located at the southern end of the all-weather road from Addis Ababa and thus became the major transfer and marketing point for coffee grown farther south, particularly of the much-prized Yirgacheffe varietal (see coffee varietals). It remains a major center of the coffee trade.

According to the former SNNPR's Bureau of Finance and Economic Development, as of 2003 Dilla's amenities include digital telephone access, postal service, 24-hour electrical service, numerous banks, and a hospital.[3] Dilla is the site of the Dilla University, which was founded in 1996 and was part of Debub University. The college become a full flagged University since 2007 and composed of more than 30 programs to Masters and bachelor's degree.[4] A number of archeologically significant stelae fields are in the surrounding area, the most notable groups being those at Tutu Fella and Tutiti.

  1. ^ "Population and Housing Census 2007 – SNNPR Statistical" (PDF). Ethiopian Statistical Agency. 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Population Projection Towns as of July 2021" (PDF). Ethiopian Statistics Agency. 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Detailed statistics on hotels and tourism" Archived May 31, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Bureau of Finance and Economic Development website (accessed 4 September 2009)
  4. ^ ""The official website of Dilla University"". Archived from the original on 2010-03-04. Retrieved 2010-03-28.