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|location = | |Jan high C = 27.3 | ||
|Jan high C = | |Feb high C = 28.8 | ||
|Feb high C = | |Mar high C = 29.7 | ||
|Mar high C = | |Apr high C = 29.8 | ||
|Apr high C = 29. | |May high C = 30.8 | ||
|May high C = 30. | |Jun high C = 29.9 | ||
|Jun high C = 29. | |Jul high C = 26.3 | ||
|Jul high C = 26. | |Aug high C = 25.8 | ||
|Aug high C = 25. | |Sep high C = 27.2 | ||
|Sep high C = | |Oct high C = 27.8 | ||
|Oct high C = 27. | |Nov high C = 27.3 | ||
|Nov high C = | |Dec high C = 26.7 | ||
|Dec high C = | |||
| year high C = | | year high C = | ||
|Jan low C = | |Jan low C = 12.6 | ||
|Feb low C = | |Feb low C = 14.4 | ||
|Mar low C = | |Mar low C = 15.0 | ||
|Apr low C = 15. | |Apr low C = 15.4 | ||
|May low C = | |May low C = 16.2 | ||
|Jun low C = | |Jun low C = 17.2 | ||
|Jul low C = | |Jul low C = 15.7 | ||
|Aug low C = | |Aug low C = 15.7 | ||
|Sep low C = 15. | |Sep low C = 15.1 | ||
|Oct low C = 12. | |Oct low C = 12.8 | ||
|Nov low C = | |Nov low C = 12.2 | ||
|Dec low C = | |Dec low C = 12.0 | ||
| year low C = | | year low C = | ||
|precipitation colour = green | |precipitation colour = green | ||
|Jan precipitation mm = | |Jan precipitation mm = 15.4 | ||
|Feb precipitation mm = | |Feb precipitation mm = 33.3 | ||
|Mar precipitation mm = | |Mar precipitation mm = 56.4 | ||
|Apr precipitation mm = | |Apr precipitation mm = 58.1 | ||
|May precipitation mm = 62. | |May precipitation mm = 62.3 | ||
|Jun precipitation mm = | |Jun precipitation mm = 58.6 | ||
|Jul precipitation mm = | |Jul precipitation mm = 232.8 | ||
|Aug precipitation mm = | |Aug precipitation mm = 227.0 | ||
|Sep precipitation mm = | |Sep precipitation mm = 100.8 | ||
|Oct precipitation mm = | |Oct precipitation mm = 37.4 | ||
|Nov precipitation mm = | |Nov precipitation mm = 10.2 | ||
|Dec precipitation mm = | |Dec precipitation mm = 8.0 | ||
|year precipitation mm = | |year precipitation mm = | ||
| Jan humidity = 55 | | Jan humidity = 55 | ||
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| Dec humidity = 56 | | Dec humidity = 56 | ||
| year humidity = | | year humidity = | ||
| source 1 = FAO<ref name=FAO>{{cite web | |source 1 = Ethiopian Meteorological Institute<ref>{{cite web | ||
| title = Climate of Major Cities | |||
| url = https://www.ethiomet.gov.et/climate-of-major-cities/ | |||
| publisher = [[National Metrology Institute of Ethiopia]] | |||
| access-date = May 9, 2025}}</ref> | |||
| source 2 = FAO (humidity)<ref name=FAO>{{cite web | |||
| url = https://www.fao.org/land-water/databases-and-software/climwat-for-cropwat/en/ | | url = https://www.fao.org/land-water/databases-and-software/climwat-for-cropwat/en/ | ||
| title = CLIMWAT climatic database | | title = CLIMWAT climatic database | ||
| publisher= Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations | | publisher= Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations | ||
| access-date = | | access-date = 23 June 2024}}</ref> | ||
}} | }} | ||
Latest revision as of 22:01, 21 June 2025
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Overview
Adama is a busy transportation center. The city is situated along the road that connects Addis Ababa with Dire Dawa. A large number of trucks use this same route to travel to and from the seaports of Djibouti and Asseb (though the latter is not currently used by Ethiopia, following the Eritrean-Ethiopian War). Additionally, the new Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway runs through Adama.[3][4][5][6]
Adama Science and Technology University (ASTU) (formerly Nazareth Technique College) is located in Adama. Adama Stadium is the home of Adama City FC, a member of the Ethiopian Football Federation league.
History
The city name Adama may have been derived from the Oromo word Script error: No such module "Lang"., which means a cactus or a cactus-like tree.[7] More specifically, Script error: No such module "Lang". means Euphorbia candelabrum,[8] a tree of the spurge family, while Script error: No such module "Lang". would mean Indian fig.[9] Following World War II, Emperor Haile Selassie renamed the town after Biblical Nazareth, and this name was used for the remainder of the twentieth century.[5] In 2000, the city officially reverted to its original Oromo name, Adama,[5][10] though Nazareth is still widely used.[11]
In 2000, the government moved the regional capital of Oromia from Addis Ababa to Adama,[5] sparking considerable controversy. Critics of the move believed that the Ethiopian government wished to deemphasize Addis Ababa's location within Oromia.[12][13] On the other hand, the government maintained that Addis Ababa "has been found inconvenient from the point of view of developing the language, culture and history of the Oromo people".[11]
On 10 June 2005, the Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization (OPDO), part of the ruling EPRDF coalition, officially announced plans to move the regional capital back to Addis Ababa.[14]
Demographics
Template:Pie chart Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this city has a total population of 220,212, an increase of 72.25% over the population recorded in the 1994 census, of whom 108,872 are men and 111,340 women. With an area of 29.86 square kilometers, Adama has a population density of 7,374.82; all are urban inhabitants. A total of 60,174 households were counted in this city, which results in an average of 3.66 persons to a household, and 59,431 housing units. The four largest ethnic groups reported in Adama were the Oromo (39.02%), the Amhara (34.53%), the Gurage (11.98%) and the Silte (5.02%); all other ethnic groups made up 9.45% of the population. Amharic was spoken as a first language by 59.25%, 26.25% spoke Oromo and 6.28% spoke Guragiegna; the remaining 8.22% spoke all other primary languages reported. The majority of the inhabitants said they practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 63.62% of the population reporting they observed this belief, while 24.7% of the population were Muslim, and 10.57% were Protestant.[15]
The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 127,842 of whom 61,965 were males and 65,877 were females.
Transport
Adama is a busy transportation center. The city is situated along the road that connects Addis Ababa with Dire Dawa. A large number of trucks use this same route to travel to and from the seaports of Djibouti and Asseb (though the latter is not currently used by Ethiopia, following the Eritrean-Ethiopian War). Additionally, the new Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway runs through Adama.[3][4][5][6]
Education
The Adama University was founded in 1993.
Places of worship
Among the places of worship, they are predominantly found Christian churches and temples (Oriental Orthodox: Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Muslim mosques and madresas; Protestant: Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, Evangelical Christian: Kale Heywet Word of Life Church, Full Gospel Believers Church, Catholic: Ethiopian Catholic Archeparchy of Addis Abeba).[16]
Sport
Adama Stadium is the home of Adama City FC, a member of the Ethiopian Football Federation league.
Climate
Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as tropical wet and dry (Aw).
Twin towns – sister cities
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References
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Further reading
- Briggs, Philip. Guide to Ethiopia. Old Saybrook, Connecticut: Globe Pequot Press, 1995. Template:ISBN
External links
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- ↑ Alain Gascon, "Adaama" in Siegbert Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2003, p.70.
- ↑ 2009 CIA map marks Nazrēt (Adama) as an administrative (regional) capital.
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