Areka
City in Wolaita, Ethiopia
title: "Areka" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cities-and-towns-in-wolayita-zone", "cities-and-towns-in-ethiopia"] description: "City in Wolaita, Ethiopia" topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areka" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary City in Wolaita, Ethiopia ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Areka |
| native_name | |
| native_name_lang | wal/am |
| pushpin_map | Wolayita Zone#Ethiopia |
| pushpin_map_caption | Map showing Areka in Wolayita ##Map showing Areka in Ethiopia |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Demeke Dejene |
| leader_party | Prosperity Party |
| coordinates | |
| timezone1 | EAT |
| utc_offset | +3 |
| population_total | 88,346 |
| population_as_of | 2023 |
| elevation_m | 1774 |
| established_date | 20 November 1959 |
| settlement_type | City |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Ethiopia |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | South Ethiopia Regional State |
| subdivision_name2 | Wolaita |
| subdivision_type2 | Zone |
| subdivision_type3 | District |
| subdivision_name3 | Boloso Sore |
| population_blank1 | 42,561 |
| population_blank1_title | Male |
| population_blank2_title | Female |
| population_blank2 | 45,785 |
| image_skyline | Araka.jpg |
| caption | Areka city main road |
| :: |
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Areka (Ge'ez: አረካ, Wolayttattuwa: Arakka) is a city in southern Ethiopia. Located in some 300 kilo meters southwest of the capital, Addis Ababa. This city has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation of 1774 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Boloso Sore district.
Areka is served by a sub-office of the Ethiopian postal service. Areka was founded in 1959, and a primary school opened in the city in 1962. The Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research opened a center in Areka in 1985 dedicated to improving the yield of enset.
Demographics
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2023, this city has an estimated total population of 88,346 of whom 42,561 are men and 45,785 are women.
Climate
Areka features a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) with average annual rainfall around 1290 mm.
|location = Areka |single line = Yes |metric first = Yes |temperature colour = pastel |Jan high C = 29.9 |Feb high C = 30.5 |Mar high C = 30.0 |Apr high C = 28.6 |May high C = 27.6 |Jun high C = 25.7 |Jul high C = 23.7 |Aug high C = 24.0 |Sep high C = 26.2 |Oct high C = 27.9 |Nov high C = 29.3 |Dec high C = 29.6 |Year high C = |Jan mean C = 21.1 |Feb mean C = 22.0 |Mar mean C = 21.8 |Apr mean C = 21.3 |May mean C = 20.5 |Jun mean C = 19.5 |Jul mean C = 18.5 |Aug mean C = 18.6 |Sep mean C = 19.7 |Oct mean C = 20.1 |Nov mean C = 20.8 |Dec mean C = 20.5 |Year mean C = |Jan low C = 12.4 |Feb low C = 13.5 |Mar low C = 13.7 |Apr low C = 14.0 |May low C = 13.5 |Jun low C = 13.4 |Jul low C = 13.3 |Aug low C = 13.2 |Sep low C = 13.3 |Oct low C = 12.4 |Nov low C = 12.3 |Dec low C = 11.5 |Year low C = |Jan rain mm = 36 |Feb rain mm = 44 |Mar rain mm = 103 |Apr rain mm = 126 |May rain mm = 150 |Jun rain mm = 146 |Jul rain mm = 200 |Aug rain mm = 187 |Sep rain mm = 142 |Oct rain mm = 95 |Nov rain mm = 41 |Dec rain mm = 20 |rain colour = green |source 1 = Climate-data.org |date=March 2016}}
Notes
References
- [https://nai.uu.se/library/resources/thematic-resources/local-history-of-ethiopia.html "Local History of Ethiopia"] Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 22 April 2022)
- [http://www.csae.ox.ac.uk/evstudies/pdfs/gara-godo/gara-godo-nophotos.pdf "Ethiopian Village Studies: Gara Godo"] {{Webarchive. link. (2009-12-20 , Centre for the Study of African Economies, p. 3 (accessed 11 August 2009))
- "Research Centers". EARI.
- "Population size of towns by sex as of July 2023".
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