- Asasa
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subdivision_name2 =Arsi Zone
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footnotes =Asasa is a town in southeastern
Ethiopia . Located in theArsi Zone of theOromia Region , this town has a latitude and longitude of coord|07|06|N|39|12|E with an elevation of 2367 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center ofGedeb woreda .Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Asasa has an estimated total population of 19,506 of whom 9,865 were males and 9,641 were females. [ [http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics] , Table B.4] The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 10,903 of whom 5,350 were males and 5,553 were females.
Asasa was the location of the Kulumsa experimental farm, a project of
Chilalo Agricultural Development Union that ran from 1966 to 1968. [ [http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/k/ORTKUH.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"(Arga - Assussili)] (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 27 May 2008)] In the late 1980s, a Skills Training Center operated in this town, teaching useful trades like pot-making. [ [http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/A/ORTARG.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia" (Kuha - Kunzila)] (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 27 May 2008)]Notes
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