Hawaasa

Also known as Hawaasa/Hawassa, sidaamu afoo

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Place details

Locality: ሀዋሳ Hawassa حواسا
Region: ሲዳማ ክልል Sidama سيداما
Country: ኢትዮጵያ
Population: 422,200
Timezone: Africa/Addis_Ababa

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Settlement.official_name: Hawassa
Settlement.other_name: AwassaAwasa
Settlement.settlement_type: Capital city
Settlement.image_caption: From top: Sidama Monument; Hawassa Industrial Park; Hawassa Kenema Stadium; St. Gabriel Church; Outskirt view; Lake Hawassa
Settlement.pushpin_map: Ethiopia#Horn of Africa#Africa
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: Sidama
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Woreda
Settlement.established_title1: Founded
Settlement.established_date1: 1958
Settlement.founder: Haile Selassie
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Tsegaye Tuke Kia
Settlement.area_total_km2: 50
Settlement.population_as_of: 2007

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Hawassa (; ʾäwasa, also spelled Awassa or Awasa) known historically as Adare is a city in Ethiopia, on the shores of Lake Hawassa in the Great Rift Valley. It is south of Addis Ababa via Bishoftu, east of Sodo, and north of Dilla. The town serves as the capital of the Sidama Region. It lies on the Trans-African Highway 4 Cairo-Cape Town and has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation of above sea level. Its name comes from a Sidama word meaning "wide body of water".

The city is home to Hawassa University a major university in the country (which includes Wondo Genet College of Forestry and Natural Resources, an Agricultural College, the Main Campus, and a Health Sciences College), Awasa Adventist College, and a major market. The city is served by Awasa Airport (ICAO code HALA, IATA AWA), opened in 1988. Postal service is provided by the main branch; electricity and telephone service are also available. Important local attractions include the St. Gabriel Church and the Awassa Kenema Stadium. Fishing is a major local industry.

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