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Hosaena
Hosaena
(also spelled Hosaina or Hosa'ina; an older name is Wachamo) is a
town in southern Ethiopia, and the administrative center of the
Hadiya Zone. Located in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and
People's Region (SNNPR), Hosaena has a latitude and longitude of 7°33′N
37°51′ECoordinates: 7°33′N 37°51′E with an
elevation of 2177 meters above sea level.
A
nearby landmark is the rock-hewn Dawabelo Cave, whose rock-hewn
pillars suggest that it is an unfinished monolithic church.[1] An
all-weather road was built in 1963 by the Gurage Road Association,
which connected Hosaena to Addis Ababa by way of Welkite and
Endibir.[2] According to the SNNPR's Bureau of Finance and
Economic Development, as of 2003 Hosaena's amenities include
digital telephone access, postal service, 24-hour electrical
service, a bank and a hospital.[3]
History
In
1910 Hosaena became the administrative center of the province of
Kambata, succeeding Angacha. The town was occupied by the Italians
on 11 February 1937. By 1958 Hosaena was one of 27 places in
Ethiopia ranked as First Class Township.[4]
In
1929, a pair of missionaries settled in the town, their efforts
leading to Hosaena becoming a center of Protestant Christianity in
southern Ethiopia; as early as December 1949, the town hosted a
Bible conference, attended by 800 persons. In April 1970, the
administrative center of the Kembata Synod of the Mekane Yesus
Church was officially moved from Durame to Hosaena; the synod was
later renamed the "South Central Synod."[4]
Hosaena
currently is one of the nineteen reform cities of the SNNPR.
Demographics
Based
on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Hosaena
has an estimated total population of 57,439 of whom 28,163 are men
and 29,276 are women.[5] The 1994 national census reported this
town had a total population of 31,701 of whom 15,593 were men and
16,108 were women. It is the largest town in Limo woreda.
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Rena,
Oded, Uri & Ariella from Israel
I
will never forget Lalibela and the people we met there ...the sweet
children that adopted us and followed us all around.
We arrived in Lalibela on a Saturday and saw the long March to the
Market and it was so beautiful and also sad because we understood
how far the people had to work and carry. learn
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