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Asosa

Also known as Inzing

Asosa or Assosa is the capital of Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Ethiopia. Located in the Asosa Zone, this town has a latitude and longitude of , with an elevation of 1,570 meters.

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Locality: አሶሳ / Asosa
Region: ቤንሻንጉል ጉሙዝ ክልል Bani Shangul - Gumuz بنى شنقول - قماز
Country: ኢትዮጵያ
Population: 69,700
Timezone: Africa/Addis_Ababa

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Settlement.official_name: Asosa
Settlement.native_name: Asoosaa(Afaan Oromoo)
Settlement.nickname: አሶሳ
Settlement.settlement_type: Capital city
Settlement.image_caption: From top left: Scene of Asosa's arid regions with the latter being Asosa Airport
Settlement.imagesize: 300px
Settlement.pushpin_map: Ethiopia#Horn of Africa#Africa
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location within Ethiopia##Location within the Horn of Africa##Location within Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Ethiopia
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Benishangul-Gumuz
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Zone
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Asosa
Settlement.population_as_of: 2005
Settlement.population_total: 20,226
Settlement.timezone: EAT

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Official name: አሶሳ
Population: 20226
Elevation: 1570
Image: Asosa HIDASE Airport.JPG

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Asosa or Assosa is the capital of Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Ethiopia. Located in the Asosa Zone, this town has a latitude and longitude of , with an elevation of 1,570 meters.

== History == According to the Dutch explorer Juan Maria Schuver, who visited the town in 1881, Asosa was "a prosperous village as several slave-merchants live here" who travelled to Leqa Naqamte and to the Kwama people to purchase slaves. He also mentions that "fine views are obtained at Inzing [the earlier name for Asosa] into the forestclad ravines that plunge down into the White Nile basin."