Adama Nazret
A gari crossing the Addis Ababa-Dire Dawa Road in Adama
Adama Location within Ethiopia
Coordinates: 8°33′N 39°16′E / 8.55, 39.267
Country	Ethiopia
Region	Oromia
Zone	Misraq (East) Shewa
Elevation	1,712 m (5,617 ft)
Population (2005)
- Total	228,623
Time zone	EAT (UTC+3)
Area code(s)	22

Adama (Oromo Adaama, Ge'ez ኣዳማ ādāmā), better known^[1] as Nazret or Nazreth (ናዝሬት nāzrēt), is a city in Ethiopia and the current capital of the Oromia Region. It is located in the Misraq Shewa Zone of Oromia, at 8.55° N 39.27° E at an elevation of 1712 meters, approximately 100 km southeast of Addis Ababa. The city sits below an escarpment to the west, and above the Great Rift Valley to the east. Adama can mean several things: Adama, Ethiopia Adama (Battlestar Galactica) is the name of several fictional characters from Battlestar Galactica Commander Adama William Husker Adama Lee Apollo Adama Zak Adama Kara Starbuck Thrace-Adama the name of several musical bands This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1680x1584, 1264 KB) A gari (horse-drawn cart) crosses the Addis Ababa - Dire Dawa road in Adama (Nazareth), Ethiopia. ... A gari crosses the busy Addis Ababa-Dire Dawa Road in Adama, Ethiopia. ... For the long-distance runner, see Addis Abebe. ... Map of Ethiopia showing Dire Dawa (in red). ... Image File history File links Red_pog2. ... For the Zone of this name in the Amhara Region, see Oromia Zone. ... Misraq Shewa (or East Shewa) is one of the 12 Zones of the Ethiopian Region of Oromia. ... Elevation histogram of the surface of the Earth – approximately 71% of the Earths surface is covered with water. ... This article is about the unit of length. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... Timezone and TimeZone redirect here. ... Time zones of Africa: Striped colours indicate countries observing daylight saving East Africa Time, or EAT, is a time zone used in eastern Africa. ... -12 | -11 | -10 | -9:30 | -9 | -8 | -7 | -6 | -5 | -4 | -3:30 | -3 | -2:30 | -2 | -1 | -0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating telephone number ranges to countries, regions, areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks such as mobile phone networks. ... Oromo, also known as Afaan Oromoo, Oromiffa(a), and sometimes in other languages as variant spellings of these names (Oromigna, Afan Oromo, etc. ... Note: This article contains special characters. ... For other uses, see City (disambiguation). ... Not to be confused with capitol. ... For the Zone of this name in the Amhara Region, see Oromia Zone. ... Misraq Shewa (or East Shewa) is one of the 12 Zones of the Ethiopian Region of Oromia. ... “km” redirects here. ... For the long-distance runner, see Addis Abebe. ... In geology, an escarpment is a transition zone between different physiogeographic provinces that involves an elevation differential, often involving high cliffs. ... Northern section of the Great Rift Valley. ...

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this city has an estimated total population of 228,623, of whom 114,255 were males and were 114,368 females;^[2] other estimates confirm that the current population exceeds 200,000.^[3] According to the 1994 census, the population was 127,842. The Central Statistical Agency (CSA; Amh. ...

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 Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad runs through Adama. For the long-distance runner, see Addis Abebe. ... Map of Ethiopia showing Dire Dawa (in red). ... For other uses, see Port (disambiguation). ... Asseb (or Aseb) is a port city in the Southern Red Sea Region of Eritrea on the west coast of the Red Sea. ... Combatants Eritrea Ethiopia Commanders Sebhat Ephrem Tsadkan Gebre-Tensae[3] Casualties Estimates vary: 19,000;[4][5] 20-50,000[6] 67,000[7] Estimates vary: 34,000[8] up to 60,000;[9] 60,000[10] 123,000[11][12] The Eritrean-Ethiopian War took place from May 1998... The Imperial Railway Company of Ethiopia (often referred to by its French name Compagnie Impériale des Chemins de Fer Éthiopiens) was a semi-private firm founded in 1894 to build and operate a railway across eastern Ethiopia from Addis Ababa to the port of Djibouti in what was at...

Adama University (formerly Adama Technical Teachers College) is located in Adama. Adama Stadium is the home of Adama City FC, a member of the Ethiopian Football Federation league. Adama University (formerly known as Nazareth Technical College, and later Adama Technical Teachers College) is a university on the outskirts of Adama, Ethiopia. ... Adama City FC is an Ethiopian football club based in Adama. ... The Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) is the governing body of football in Ethiopia. ...

History

Emperor Haile Selassie renamed the town after Biblical Nazareth, and this name was used throughout the twentieth century. The city in 2000 officially reverted to its original Oromo language name, Adama, though "Nazareth" is still widely used. An emperorrefers to Nick Herringshaw, a title, empress may only indicate the wife of an emperor (empress consort. ... Haile Selassie Emperor Haile Selassie I (Power of Trinity) (born Lij Tafari Makonnen, July 23, 1892 – August 27, 1975), styled His Imperial Majesty (or HIM), was the Emperor (1930–1936; 1941–1974) of Ethiopia, and is the religious symbol for God incarnate among the Rastafari movement. ... Hebrew (Natzrat or Natzeret) Arabic الناصرة (an-Nāṣira) Government City District North Population 64,800[1] Metropolitan Area: 185,000 (2006) Jurisdiction 14 200 dunams (14. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s The 20th century lasted from 1901 to 2000 in the Gregorian calendar (often from (1900 to 1999 in common usage). ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Oromo, also known as Afaan Oromoo, Oromiffa(a), and sometimes in other languages as variant spellings of these names (Oromigna, Afan Oromo, etc. ...

In 2000, the Ethiopian government moved the regional capital of Oromia from Addis Ababa to Adama, sparking considerable controversy. Critics of the move believed that the Ethiopian government wished to deemphasize Addis Ababa's location within Oromia.^[4][5] On the other hand, the government maintained that Addis Ababa "has been found inconvenient from the point of view of developing the language, culture and history of the Oromo people."^[6] For the long-distance runner, see Addis Abebe. ...

On June 10, 2005, the Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization (OPDO), part of the ruling EPRDF coalition, officially announced plans to move the regional capital back to Finfinne (the Oromo name for Addis Ababa).^[7] This announcement occurred during the aftermath of Ethiopia's most democratic elections to date, in which the governing coalition lost all of its seats in Addis Ababa's municipal administration (see Ethiopian general elections, 2005). The opposition parties speculated that the move was intended as a way to split them along ethnic lines by inciting the largely non-Oromo residents of Addis Ababa to oppose the return of the Oromia government to the Ethiopian capital.^{[citation needed]} The only comments from the opposition that the move inspired, however, was that the original move to Adama had been a massive waste of money, not to mention lives, as the government had cracked down on Oromo students who had protested the move from Finfinne to Adama. In any event, non-Oromo groups did not oppose the return of Oromia government offices to Addis Ababa. is the 161st day of the year (162nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Oromo Peoples Democratic Organization (OPDO) is an ethnic-based political party in Ethiopia, which is allied with the Amhara National Democratic Movement, the South Ethiopian Peoples Democratic Front and the Tigrayan Peoples Liberation Front to form the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF). ... The Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front, or EPRDF, is the ruling political party of Ethiopia. ... Ethiopia held general elections on May 15, 2005, for seats in both its national and in four regional government councils. ...

References

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Further reading

• Briggs, Philip. Guide to Ethiopia. Old Saybrook, Connecticut: Globe Pequot Press, 1995. ISBN 1-56440-814-0

External links

• Adama Chamber of Commerce
• Adama travel guide from Wikitravel

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