Anderaccha

Anderaccha is a town in southwestern Ethiopia. Located in the Keficho Shekicho Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of coord|7|12|N|36|17|E with an elevation of 1629 meters above sea level. The Central Statistical Agency has not published an estimate for its 2005 population.

Anderaccha was one of the capitals of the Kingdom of Kaffa. On 2 February 1898 Ras Wolde Giyorgis, accompanied by the Russian officer Alexander Bulatovich marched at the head of an army of 16,000 men from this town for an expedition to the south. [ [http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/A/ORTAN.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"] (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 27 June 2008)] According to Richard Pankhurst, Anderaccha in the early 20th century was one of the major marketplaces of the Kaffa area, the other three being Bonga and Sharada. The market was held there four times a week, with upwards of 5,000 people attending. In 1905 the trading firm of Mohammedally opened a branch occupied in the export of coffee import of manufactured goods; the rubber export firm Regie co-interessee du Caoutchoc also maintained an office in Anderaccha. [Richard Pankhurst, "Economic History of Ethiopia" (Addis Ababa: Haile Selassie I University, 1968), p. 449]

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