Awasa: facts

At a glance

• Country: Ethiopia
• Region: Sidama Region
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 422,200
• Coordinates: 7.0621° N, 38.4763° E
• Time zone: Africa/Addis_Ababa (UTC+03:00)
• Currency: Birr (ETB)
• Distance to the capital, Addis Ababa: 220 km (137 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Hawassa International Airport (AWA): 9.8 km (6.1 mi), straight line
• Arba Minch Airport (AMH): 150 km (93 mi), straight line
• Jimma Airport (JIM): 195 km (121 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Shashamane: 21 km (13 mi)
• Leku: 21 km (13 mi)
• Kuyera: 33 km (20 mi)
• Kofele: 34 km (21 mi)
• Yirga 'Alem: 35 km (22 mi)