Asosa is the capital of the Benishangul-Gumuz region (or killoch) of Ethiopia. It is located at latitude 10° 54 north and longitude 34° 31', with an elevation of 1570 meters. As of 1994, it had a population of 11,749. Benishangul-Gumuz is one of the nine ethnic divisions (kililoch) of Ethiopia. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...
It has an airport with an unpaved runway.
During the Ethiopian Civil War, with help from the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, the Oromo Liberation Front captured Asosa from the Derg in February 1991, and held the city for a brief time. The Tigrayan Peoples Liberation Front, or TPLF, is the core group of the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), the political party that is leading Ethiopia as of 2005. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Asosa is one of the three Zones in Benishangul-Gumaz Region of Ethiopia.
Asosa is bordered on the south by the Pawe special woreda, on the west by Sudan, on the northeast by Metekel, and on the east by Kamashi.
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this zone has an estimated total population of 282,596, of whom 143,544 were males and 139,052 were females; 28,264 or 10% of its population are urban dwellers.
Asosa is a town in western Ethiopia and the capital of the Benishangul-Gumaz Region (or killoch) of Ethiopia.
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Asosa has an estimated total population of 20,226, of whom 10,929 were males and 9,297 were females.
According to the 1994 census, which is the latest official population count for Ethiopia, Asosa had a population of 11,749.
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