Adama

Also known as Adama Special Zone, Nazreth

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Adama
Settlement.other_name: Nazareth
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_caption: From top: Addis Ababa-Dire Dawa Road; Saint Mary's Ethiopian Orthodox Church; Oromia Martyrs Monument; Adama City; Addis Ababa–Adama Expressway
Settlement.pushpin_map: Ethiopia#Horn of Africa#Africa
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location within Ethiopia##Location within the Horn of Africa##Location within Africa
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Zone
Settlement.subdivision_name2: East Shewa
Settlement.area_total_km2: 29.86
Settlement.population_as_of: 2007
Settlement.population_total: 220212
Settlement.population_density_km2: 14500
Settlement.timezone: EAT
Settlement.utc_offset: +3
Settlement.elevation_m: 1712

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Adaamaa
Population: 324000
Elevation: 1712
Image: AdamaHotels.jpg
Dialing code: 22

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Commons category: Adama
native label: Adaamaa
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Overview
History
Demographics
Transport
Education
Places of worship
Sport
Climate
Twin towns – sister cities
References
Further reading
External links

Adama (Oromo: ', Amharic: አዳማ), formerly Nazreth (), is one of the cities of Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Located in the East Shewa Zone 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.

==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.