Asella
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Asella (
History
Asalla town got its start before the
In 1946, a Swedish Mission laid the foundations for a hospital and a school in Asella, which was ordered closed in 1966 when a government hospital was built. The town was subjected to a serious epidemic of dysentery during 1953, and a locust invasion in April 1961. In 1957, Asella was the southern end of the national telephone network, and by 1960, Asella had one of the ten municipal slaughter houses in Ethiopia; further, that year, a branch of the Ethiopian Electric Light and Power Authority had begun operation in the town.[3]
Asella has been the home of many long-distance runners, including Haile Gebrselassie, Kenenisa Bekele, Tirunesh Dibaba, and Derartu Tulu. The Arsi University was established in Asella in 2015.[4]
Demographics
The 2007 national census reported a total population for Asella of 67,269, of whom 33,826 were male and 33,443 were female. The majority of the inhabitants said they practiced
The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 47,391 of whom 21,993 were males and 25,398 were females.[5]
Climate
In the
Climate data for Asella | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 22.0 (71.6) |
22.6 (72.7) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.1 (73.6) |
21.7 (71.1) |
19.7 (67.5) |
19.6 (67.3) |
19.9 (67.8) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.2 (70.2) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.6 (70.9) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 14.2 (57.6) |
15.0 (59.0) |
16.1 (61.0) |
16.6 (61.9) |
16.5 (61.7) |
15.7 (60.3) |
14.7 (58.5) |
14.7 (58.5) |
14.7 (58.5) |
15.1 (59.2) |
14.1 (57.4) |
13.5 (56.3) |
15.1 (59.2) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 6.4 (43.5) |
7.5 (45.5) |
8.9 (48.0) |
10.0 (50.0) |
10.0 (50.0) |
9.7 (49.5) |
9.8 (49.6) |
9.8 (49.6) |
9.5 (49.1) |
8.7 (47.7) |
7.0 (44.6) |
5.7 (42.3) |
8.6 (47.4) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 27 (1.1) |
57 (2.2) |
93 (3.7) |
105 (4.1) |
110 (4.3) |
123 (4.8) |
195 (7.7) |
205 (8.1) |
151 (5.9) |
54 (2.1) |
18 (0.7) |
9 (0.4) |
1,147 (45.1) |
Source: Climate-Data.org, altitude: 2425m[6] |
Notable people
- Zemzem Ahmed (Runner)
- Mohammed Aman (Runner)
- Sisay Bezabeh (Runner)
- Abreham Cherkos (Runner)
- Haile Gebrselassie (Runner)
- Lamecha Girma (Runner)
- Andualem Negusse (Footballer)
Media organizations
- FBC, Fana Broadcasting Corporation S.C., Radio Station at Asella Fana FM 90.0
Notes
- ^ a b 2007 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region, Vol. 1 Archived November 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.5, 3.4 (accessed 13 January 2012)
- ^ a b Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (web), 2022: https://www.statsethiopia.gov.et/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Population-Size-by-Sex-Zone-and-Wereda-July-2022.pdf
- ^ a b "Local History in Ethiopia" Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 7 December 2007)
- ^ "History of Arsi University". www.arsiuniversity.com. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
- ^ "Population and Housing Census 1994 – Oromia Region" (PDF). Ethiopian Statistics Agency. 1994. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Climate: Asella - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 2 September 2013.