Asosa

Coordinates: 10°04′N 34°31′E / 10.067°N 34.517°E / 10.067; 34.517
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Asosa
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Asosa or Assosa is the capital of Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Ethiopia. Located in the Asosa Zone, this town has a latitude and longitude of 10°04′N 34°31′E / 10.067°N 34.517°E / 10.067; 34.517, with an elevation of 1,570 meters.

History

According to the Dutch explorer Juan Maria Schuver, who visited the town in 1881, Asosa was "a prosperous village as several slave-merchants live here" who travelled to Leqa Naqamte and to the Kwama people to purchase slaves. He also mentions that "fine views are obtained at Inzing [the earlier name for Asosa] into the forestclad ravines that plunge down into the White Nile basin."[1]

A Belgian force from the Congo captured Asosa on 11 March 1941, destroying the Italian 10th Brigade and capturing 1,500 men.[2]

During the

Birr from the bank, most of which were deposits from the local farmer cooperatives, and took any valuable items its troops could carry.[4]

During the 1990s, Asosa was characterised by entire government office complexes of partially completed buildings, which John Young notes was "testimony to corrupt relations between politicians and contractors." Young continues, "Indicative of the scale of the problem, during a peace and development conference held in Asosa in June 1996, the then deputy prime minister, Tamrat Layne, dismissed the entire regional government and had many of its members imprisoned for corruption."[5]

The governor of the town of Asosa, Ahmed Khalifa, on 7 July 2007 fled to Ad-Damazin, the capital of the Blue Nile State, in Sudan. Khalifa was accused by the Ethiopian authorities of offering concessions to Sudan on border issues. Sudan turned down a request to return Khalifa to Ethiopia, resulting in increased tensions between the two countries.[6]

Demographics

Market women in Asosa

Based on figures from the

Central Statistical Agency in 2015, Asosa has an estimated total population of 20,226, of whom 10,929 are men and 9,297 are women.[7]

The 1994 national census reported a total population for Asosa of 11,749 in 2,825 households, of whom 6,324 were men and 5,425 women. The six largest ethnic groups reported in this town were the

woreda
.

Climate

Climate data for Asosa
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 37.2
(99.0)
36.6
(97.9)
36.8
(98.2)
38.5
(101.3)
38.0
(100.4)
32.5
(90.5)
30.5
(86.9)
29.4
(84.9)
29.5
(85.1)
35.5
(95.9)
35.6
(96.1)
33.0
(91.4)
38.5
(101.3)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 30.5
(86.9)
31.8
(89.2)
32.5
(90.5)
31.7
(89.1)
28.5
(83.3)
25.4
(77.7)
24.6
(76.3)
24.6
(76.3)
25.5
(77.9)
26.4
(79.5)
28.1
(82.6)
29.1
(84.4)
28.2
(82.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 14.2
(57.6)
15.5
(59.9)
16.5
(61.7)
16.3
(61.3)
15.8
(60.4)
15.3
(59.5)
14.7
(58.5)
14.6
(58.3)
14.7
(58.5)
14.8
(58.6)
14.9
(58.8)
14.3
(57.7)
15.1
(59.2)
Record low °C (°F) 8.1
(46.6)
8.2
(46.8)
9.0
(48.2)
5.0
(41.0)
6.0
(42.8)
10.0
(50.0)
9.0
(48.2)
8.0
(46.4)
7.0
(44.6)
7.5
(45.5)
9.0
(48.2)
6.7
(44.1)
5.0
(41.0)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 0
(0)
4
(0.2)
23
(0.9)
60
(2.4)
134
(5.3)
195
(7.7)
234
(9.2)
237
(9.3)
194
(7.6)
132
(5.2)
21
(0.8)
2
(0.1)
1,236
(48.7)
Average rainy days (≥ 0.1 mm) 0 0 2 5 12 13 20 21 19 15 3 0 110
Source 1: National Meteorology Agency[9]
Source 2:
World Meteorological Organisation (rainy days)[10]

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ^ "Local History in Ethiopia" Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 4 September 2007)
  2. ^ Africa Watch Report, Ethiopia: "Mengistu has Decided to Burn Us like Wood": Bombing of Civilians and Civilian Targets by the Air Force, 24 July 1990
  3. ^ John Young, "Along Ethiopia's Western Frontier: Gambella and Benishangul in Transition", Journal of Modern African Studies, 37 (1999), p. 327
  4. ^ John Young, "Ethiopia's Western Frontier", p. 336
  5. ^ "Tension grows along Sudan-Ethiopia border" Archived 2008-08-04 at the Wayback Machine, Sudan Times website (accessed 28 December 2009)
  6. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics Archived November 23, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, Table B.4
  7. ^ 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Vol. 1 Archived November 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Tables 2.2, 2.3, 2.13, 2.16, 2.20 (accessed 30 December 2008)
  8. ^ "Climate of City: Asossa". National Meteorology Agency. Archived from the original on 23 October 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  9. ^ "World Weather Information Service – Asosa". World Meteorological Organisation. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
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