Asella

አሰላ

Asallaa
አሰላ Asallaa
Town
	Asella
	Asella in Ethiopia
	አሰላ Location within Ethiopia አሰላ አሰላ (Africa)
	Coordinates: 7°57′N 39°7′E / 7.950°N 39.117°E
Country	Ethiopia
Region	Oromia
Zone	Arsi
Area
• Total	16.98 km2 (6.56 sq mi)
Elevation	2,430 m (7,970 ft)
Population (2007 Census)
• Total	67,269
• Estimate (mid 2022)	139,537
• Density	8,217.6/km2 (21,283/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
Climate	Cwb

Asella (Oromo: Asallaa, Amharic: አሰላ) is a town in central Ethiopia. Located in the Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region 126 km (78 mi) south from Addis Ababa, this town has a latitude and longitude of 7°57′N 39°7′E / 7.950°N 39.117°E / 7.950; 39.117, with an elevation of 2,430 meters. Asella hosts an Asella Airport (IATA code ALK). Asalla was the capital of Arsi Province until that province was demoted to a Zone of Oromia with the adoption of the 1995 Constitution. It retains some administrative functions as the seat of the present Arsi Zone.

^ 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)
^ 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

[csa.gov.et-1] 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)

[statsethiopia.gov.et-2] 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

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