Mizan Tefere (also called simply Mizan) is the largest town in

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and one of four Capital cities of the region. Mizan is also the administrative centre, of the Bench Sheko Zone in the

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. Located about 160 kilometers southwest of

Jimma Jimma () is the largest city in southwestern Oromia Region, Ethiopia. It is a special zone of the Oromia Region and is surrounded by Jimma Zone. It has a latitude and longitude of . Prior to the 2007 census, Jimma was reorganized administrative ...

, Mizan Tefere has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation of 1451 meters. Mizan Teferi, together with the neighbouring town of

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, forms a separate

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called Mizan Aman. This is surrounded by

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woreda.

Overview

Mizan Tefere is served by an

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(

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code HAMT,

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MTF) with an unpaved runway. Until 1966, the town was connected by only a dry weather road to

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; that year the roads to

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and Tepi were improved by the Highway Authority."Local History in Ethiopia"
The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 20 February 2008) Further proposed improvements were promised on 13 December 2006, when the Ethiopian government announced that it had secured a loan of US$98 million from the

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to pave the 227 kilometers of highway between Jimma and Mizan Teferi to the southwest. The loan would cover 64% of the 1270.97 million Birr budgeted for this project. By 1996 there was 24-hour electricity, and access to potable water. According to the SNNPR's Bureau of Finance and Economic Development, Mizan Teferi's amenities also include digital telephone access, postal service, and a bank and a hospital. Near the town is the Bebeka

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plantation. It is also the location of two institutions of higher education,

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and

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. Records at the Nordic Africa Institute website provide details of the primary and secondary school in 1968, and a 70-bed hospital built in 1989. During the existence of the

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(created in the mid-1990s) Mizan Teferi was its administrative center.

Demographics

Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the CSA, woreda of Mizan Aman has a total population of 34,080, of whom 18,138 are men and 15,942 women. The majority of the inhabitants practiced

Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ( am, የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን, ''Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan'') is the largest of the Oriental Orthodox Churches. One of the few Chris ...

, with 45.97% of the population reporting that belief, 33.8% were

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, 17.71% were

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, and 1.05% practiced traditional beliefs. Census 2007 Tables: Southern Peoples, Nations and Nationalities Region
Tables 2.1, and 3.4. The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 10,652 of whom 5,612 were males and 5,040 were females.

Notes

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