Bedessa ( Geʽez: በዴሳ, Wolaytatto: Badeesa) is a town in Wolayita Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia. The town is administrative capital of

Damot Weyde Damot Weyde is a woreda in Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia. Part of the Wolayita Zone located in the Great Rift Valley, Damot Weyde is bordered on the south by Humbo, on the west by Sodo Zuria, on the northwest by ...

district of Wolayita Zone, Ethiopia. Bedessa is located about 373 KM away from Addis Ababa to the south on Sodo-Dimtu-Hawassa road, and 21 KM away from Sodo, the capital of

Wolaita Zone Wolayita or Wolaita is an administrative Zones of Ethiopia, zone in Ethiopia. It is named for the Welayta people, whose homeland is in the zone. Wolayita is bordered on the south by Gamo Gofa Zone, Gamo Gofa, on the west by the Omo River (Ethio ...

. The amenities in the town are, 24 hours electricity, pure public water, banks, schools, postal service, telecommunications services and others. The town has a wire bridge which connects the town with other surrounding communities. Bedessa lies between 6°52'58.9"N 37°55'58.5"E.

Demography

Based on the 2018 population projection by the

Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia The Central Statistical Agency (CSA; Amharic: ማዕከላዊ ስታቲስቲክስ ኤጀንሲ) is an agency of the government of Ethiopia designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that country used to monitor economic and social growt ...

, Bedessa has a total population of 35,294, of whom 20,855 are women and 14,439 are men. The majority of the inhabitants were

Protestants Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century against what its followers perceived to b ...

(86.61%) and 8.0% practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, 0.0086% were Muslims, and 1.28% were

Catholics The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

References

Wolayita Populated places in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region Cities and towns in Wolayita Zone Ethiopia Cities and towns in Ethiopia {{SouthernNationsET-geo-stub