Assela
Sign in to saveAsella (, ) is a town in central Ethiopia. Located in the Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region south from Addis Ababa, this town has a latitude and longitude of , with an elevation of 2,430 meters. Asella hosts an Asella Airport (IATA code ALK). Asalla was the capital of Arsi Province until that province was demoted to a Zone of Oromia with the adoption of the 1995 Constitution. It retains some administrative functions as the seat of the present Arsi Zone.
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Key facts
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- Asella
- Settlement.native_name
- Asallaa
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
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- Asella Town, 2021.jpg
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- Asella in Ethiopia
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- Ethiopia#Africa
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- right
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- Location within Ethiopia
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- Country
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- Ethiopia
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- Region
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- Oromia
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of Ethiopia
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Located in
- Arsi Zone
- Population
- +67269
- Area
- +16.98
- Elevation
- +2430
- Image
- Asella Town, 2021.jpg
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Asella (, ) is a town in central Ethiopia. Located in the Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region south from Addis Ababa, this town has a latitude and longitude of , with an elevation of 2,430 meters. Asella hosts an Asella Airport (IATA code ALK). Asalla was the capital of Arsi Province until that province was demoted to a Zone of Oromia with the adoption of the 1995 Constitution. It retains some administrative functions as the seat of the present Arsi Zone.
==History== Asalla town got its start before the Second Italian-Abyssinian War. The Italian occupiers wanted to make Asela into a provincial capital, but they were unable to build more than one two-story building and some warehouses of masonry. The 6th brigade and two companies of the 5th brigade of the King's African Rifles captured Asella on 10 April 1941, after pursuing General De Simone south from Dire Dawa and forcing their way past the Awash River and a dug-in Italian position. Brigade headquarters were afterwards set up in the town.