Adama

Adama
Adaamaa (in Oromo)
አዳማ (in Amharic)
Nazareth
City
From top: Addis Ababa-Dire Dawa Road; Saint Mary's Ethiopian Orthodox Church; Oromia Martyrs Monument; Adama City; Addis Ababa–Adama Expressway
Adama is located in Ethiopia
Adama
Adama
Location within Ethiopia
Adama is located in Horn of Africa
Adama
Adama
Location within the Horn of Africa
Adama is located in Africa
Adama
Adama
Location within Africa
Coordinates: 08°32′29″N 39°16′08″E / 8.54139°N 39.26889°E / 8.54139; 39.26889
Country Ethiopia
Region Oromia
ZoneEast Shewa
Elevation
1,712 m (5,617 ft)
Population
 (2007)[1]
 • Total
220,212
 • Estimate 
(2021)[2]
435,222
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
Area code(+251) 22
ClimateAw

Adama (Oromo: Adaamaa, Amharic: አዳማ), formerly Nazreth (Amharic: ናዝሬት),[3] is a one of the cities of Oromia Region of Ethiopia.[4][5][needs update?] Located in the East Shewa Zone 99 km (62 mi) southeast of the capital, Addis Ababa, the city sits between the base of an escarpment to the west, and the Great Rift Valley to the east.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference csa was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Population Projection Towns as of July 2021" (PDF). Ethiopian Statistics Agency. 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  3. ^ Alain Gascon, "Adaama" in Siegbert Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2003, p.70.
  4. ^ 2009 CIA map marks Nazrēt (Adama) as an administrative (regional) capital.
  5. ^ Eritrea and Ethiopia (Map). 1:5,000,000. Central Intelligence Agency. 2009. Map #803395.

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