Abomsa

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title: "Abomsa" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-the-oromia"] topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-the-oromia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abomsa" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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FieldValue
official_nameAbomsa
native_name
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dot_x
pushpin_mapEthiopia
pushpin_label_positionright
pushpin_map_captionLocation within Ethiopia
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameEthiopia
subdivision_type1Region
subdivision_name1Oromia
subdivision_type2Zone
subdivision_name2Arsi Zone
leader_title1
established_title2
established_title3
unit_pref
area_total_km2
area_land_km2
population_as_of2005
population_total19,208
timezoneEAT
utc_offset+3
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m1438
blank1_name_sec2Climate
blank1_info_sec2Aw
postal_code_type
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Abomsa is a town in central Ethiopia; Located in the Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region, the town has a latitude and longitude of and an altitude of 1438 meters. It is the administrative center of Merti woreda. Prior to 1995, it was the capital of Arba Gugu awrajja.

According to the Oromia Regional government, this town currently has telephone and postal service, and is provided with electricity on a 24-hour-a-day basis.

Emperor Haile Selassie visited the veterans' resettlement project near the town on 31 December 1956, which had at the time 8000 acre under cultivation. During his visit the Emperor announced that a school would be built at Abomsa.

Demographics

Based on 2005 figures from the Central Statistical Agency, Abomsa has an estimated total population of 19,208 of whom 9,548 were men and 9,660 were women. The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 10,742 of whom 5,178 were men and 5,564 were women.

Notes

References

  2. [http://oromiagov.org/Socio%20Economic%20Profile/Arsi/Arsi%20Zone.pdf ''Socio-economic profile of Arsi Zone''], Government of Oromia Region (last accessed 17 January 2008)
  3. [http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/A/ORTAA.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"] {{webarchive. link. (2011-05-28 The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 11 June 2008))
  4. [http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics] {{webarchive. link. (2008-07-31 , Table B.4)

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