Sendafa

Sendafa is a town in central Ethiopia and the administrative center of the Berehna Aleltu woreda or district. Located in the Semien Shewa Zone of the Oromia Region, some 38 kilometers from the capital city of Addis Ababa, Sendafa has a latitude and longitude of coord|9|09|N|39|02|E.

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this town has an estimated total population of 9,952 of whom 4,737 were males and 5,215 were females. [ [http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics] , Table B.3] The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 5,573 of whom 2,569 were males and 3,004 were females.

Sendafa enjoys relatively moderate technological facilities compared to other towns of the same size in its Zone. Major public institutions here include the Ethiopian Police College and the Sendafa military camp. The town is also the planned location for the new training centre of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, budgeted to cost 80 million birr. This plan includes a seven-story headquarters building to be built in Arat Kilo [ [http://www.addisfortune.com/EPRDF%20to%20Construct%20Headquarters,%20Training%20Centre.htm EPRDF to Construct Headquarters, Training Centre] ("Addis Fortune", published 4 March 2008)]

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