Badessa, Oromia

Badesa Baddeeysaa (Oromo)
Town
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Coordinates: 8°54′N 40°47′E / 8.900°N 40.783°E / 8.900; 40.783
Country	Ethiopia
Region	Oromia
Zone	West Hararghe Zone
Government
• Mayor	Birmajii Yusuf
Elevation	1,761 m (5,778 ft)
Population  (2007)
• Total	18,187
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)

Badessa is a town and separate Aanaa in eastern Ethiopia. Located in the West Hararghe Zone of the Oromia Region, at the base of a spur of the Chercher Mountains 40 km south of the Addis Ababa - Djibouti Railway and 65 km east of Awash, this town has a latitude and longitude of

8°54′N 40°47′E / 8.900°N 40.783°E / 8.900; 40.783Coordinates: 8°54′N 40°47′E / 8.900°N 40.783°E / 8.900; 40.783 with an elevation of 1761 m above sea level.

The 2007 national census reported a total population for this town of 18,187, of whom 9,592 were men and 8,595 were women. The majority of the inhabitants said they were Muslim, with 64.49% of the population reporting they observed this belief, while 33.08% of the population practised Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity and 2.07% of the population were Protestant.^[1]

The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 10,813 of whom 5,459 were males and 5,354 were females. It is the largest settlement in woreda.

A post office was in service in Badessa before the Second Italian-Abyssinian War, operating from 1923. Telephone service arrived no later than 1967.^[2] Mobile telephone service was introduced to Badessa May 2009.^[3]

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