Adama
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- 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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- Education
- Places of worship
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- Climate
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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.