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Also known as Araka

Areka (Ge'ez: አረካ, Wolayttattuwa: Arakka) is a city in southern Ethiopia. Located in some 300 kilo meters southwest of the capital, Addis Ababa. This city has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation of 1774 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Boloso Sore district.

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Locality
Areka
Region
ደቡብ ኢትዮጵያ ክልላዊ መንግስት South Ethiopia Regional State ولاية جنوب إثيوبيا الإقليمية
Country
ኢትዮጵያ
Population
84,500
Timezone
Africa/Addis_Ababa

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Areka (Ge'ez: አረካ, Wolayttattuwa: Arakka) is a city in southern Ethiopia. Located in some 300 kilo meters southwest of the capital, Addis Ababa. This city has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation of 1774 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Boloso Sore district.

Areka is served by a sub-office of the Ethiopian postal service. Areka was founded in 1959, and a primary school opened in the city in 1962. The Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research opened a center in Areka in 1985 dedicated to improving the yield of enset.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Areka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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