Asosa
Sign in to saveAsosa or Assosa is the capital of Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Ethiopia. Located in the Asosa Zone, this town has a latitude and longitude of , with an elevation of 1,570 meters.
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Place details
- Locality
- አሶሳ / Asosa
- Region
- ቤንሻንጉል ጉሙዝ ክልል Bani Shangul - Gumuz بنى شنقول - قماز
- Country
- ኢትዮጵያ
- Population
- 69,700
- Timezone
- Africa/Addis_Ababa
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Asosa
- Settlement.native_name
- Asoosaa(Afaan Oromoo)
- Settlement.nickname
- አሶሳ
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Capital city
- Settlement.image_caption
- From top left: Scene of Asosa's arid regions with the latter being Asosa Airport
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ethiopia#Horn of Africa#Africa
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Ethiopia##Location within the Horn of Africa##Location within Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ethiopia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- አሶሳ
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Located in
- Asosa Zone
- Population
- +20226
- Elevation
- +1570
- Time zone
- East Africa Time
- Capital of
- Asosa
- Image
- Asosa HIDASE Airport.JPG
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- History
- Demographics
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- Notable people
- See also
- References
Asosa or Assosa is the capital of Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Ethiopia. Located in the Asosa Zone, this town has a latitude and longitude of , with an elevation of 1,570 meters.
== History == According to the Dutch explorer Juan Maria Schuver, who visited the town in 1881, Asosa was "a prosperous village as several slave-merchants live here" who travelled to Leqa Naqamte and to the Kwama people to purchase slaves. He also mentions that "fine views are obtained at Inzing [the earlier name for Asosa] into the forestclad ravines that plunge down into the White Nile basin."