Adama
Adama
Adaamaa (in Oromo) አዳማ (in Amharic) | |
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City | |
Area code | (+251) 22 |
Climate | Aw |
Adama (
Overview
Adama is a busy transportation center. The city is situated along the road that connects
History
The city name Adama may have been derived from the Oromo word adaamii, which means a cactus or a cactus-like tree.[9] More specifically, adaamii means Euphorbia candelabrum,[10] a tree of the spurge family, while hadaamii would mean Indian fig.[11] Following
In 2000, the government moved the regional capital of Oromia from Addis Ababa to Adama,[7] sparking considerable controversy. Critics of the move believed that the Ethiopian government wished to deemphasize Addis Ababa's location within Oromia.[14][15] 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".[13]
On 10 June 2005, the
Demographics
Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the
The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 127,842 of whom 61,965 were males and 65,877 were females.
Transport
Adama is a busy transportation center. The city is situated along the road that connects
Education
The
Places of worship
Among the
mosques.Sport
Climate
Climate data for Adama | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27.0 (80.6) |
28.1 (82.6) |
29.6 (85.3) |
30.1 (86.2) |
30.5 (86.9) |
29.6 (85.3) |
24.4 (75.9) |
26.1 (79.0) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.9 (82.2) |
26.7 (80.1) |
25.7 (78.3) |
27.8 (82.0) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 19.2 (66.6) |
20.4 (68.7) |
21.9 (71.4) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.4 (72.3) |
18.4 (65.1) |
20.6 (69.1) |
21.1 (70.0) |
20.1 (68.2) |
18.7 (65.7) |
18.1 (64.6) |
20.5 (68.9) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 11.4 (52.5) |
12.8 (55.0) |
14.3 (57.7) |
15.2 (59.4) |
14.6 (58.3) |
15.3 (59.5) |
12.5 (54.5) |
15.1 (59.2) |
14.7 (58.5) |
12.3 (54.1) |
10.8 (51.4) |
10.6 (51.1) |
13.3 (55.9) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 11 (0.4) |
22 (0.9) |
45 (1.8) |
58 (2.3) |
43 (1.7) |
74 (2.9) |
201 (7.9) |
210 (8.3) |
101 (4.0) |
24 (0.9) |
13 (0.5) |
7 (0.3) |
809 (31.9) |
Average rainy days (≥ 1 mm) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 58 |
Source 1: Climate-Data.org, altitude: 1618m[19] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: Storm247 for rainy days[20] |
Twin towns – sister cities
Adama is twinned with:
References
- ^ a b c Central Statistical Agency. 2010. Population and Housing Census 2007 Report, National. [ONLINE] Available at: http://catalog.ihsn.org/index.php/catalog/3583/download/50086. [Accessed 10 January 2017].
- ^ "Population Projection Towns as of July 2021" (PDF). Ethiopian Statistics Agency. 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ Alain Gascon, "Adaama" in Siegbert Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2003, p.70.
- ^ 2009 CIA map marks Nazrēt (Adama) as an administrative (regional) capital.
- ^ a b c Eritrea and Ethiopia (Map). 1:5,000,000. Central Intelligence Agency. 2009. Map #803395.
- ^ a b bing Maps (Map). Microsoft. 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
- ^ a b c d e Lindahl, Bernhard (2005). "Naader - Neguz" (PDF). Nordic Africa Institute. pp. 8–13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-03. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
The name was changed from Adama (Hadama) to Nazret (Nazareth) a little before 1948. This belonged to a general pattern of introducing Christian names instead of traditional Oromo names.
- ^ Lindahl, Bernhard (2005). "Dil Amba - Djibiet" (PDF). Local History in Ethiopia. The Nordic Africa Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-03. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
The Franco-Ethiopian railway company in 1960-1963 carried out surveys for extending the railway with a 310 km line from Nazret to Dilla.
- ^ "Origin and Development of Adama City". Adama City Administration. Archived from the original on March 11, 2012. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
- ^ Workineh Kelbessa (2001). "Traditional Oromo Attitudes towards the Environment: An Argument for Environmentally Sound Development" (PDF). Social Science Research Report Series (19): 44. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- ^ Ayele, Azimitachew (2010). "Chromosome Study of Local Farmers' Varieties of Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill. (Cactaceae) from Tigray, Northern Ethiopia" (PDF). p. 1.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Aadu - Alyume" (PDF). Local History in Ethiopia. Nordic Africa Institute. 2008. p. 28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
- ^ a b "Nazareth Selected as Oromiya's Capital". Walta Information Center. July 13, 2000. Archived from the original on 3 March 2006. Retrieved February 25, 2006.
- ^ Hameso, Seyoum and Tilahun Ayanou Nebo (2000). "Ethiopia: A New Start?". The Sidama Concern. Archived from the original on 23 February 2006. Retrieved February 25, 2006.
- ^ Mosisa, Abraham T. (January 13, 2004). "Letter to U.N. Secretary-General". Oromo Studies Association. Archived from the original on February 22, 2006. Retrieved February 25, 2006.
- ^ "Chief Administrator of Oromia says decision to move capital city based on study". Walta Information Center. 2005-06-11. Archived from the original on June 13, 2005. Retrieved February 25, 2006.
- ^ Lindahl, Bernhard (2005). "Dil Amba - Djibiet" (PDF). Local History in Ethiopia. The Nordic Africa Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-03. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
The Franco-Ethiopian railway company in 1960-1963 carried out surveys for extending the railway with a 310 km line from Nazret to Dilla.
- ^ J. Gordon Melton, Martin Baumann, Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, ABC-CLIO, USA, 2010, p. 1004-1007
- ^ "Climate: Adama - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
- ^ "Weather for Adama, Ethiopia - Climate". Storm247. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
- ^ "Our Sister Cities". Aurora Sister Cities International. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
- ^ Uzaklar Yakinlaşti - Sivas Twin Towns Archived December 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine(in Turkish)
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
- Media related to Adama at Wikimedia Commons
- Adama travel guide from Wikivoyage