Wadera is a town in south-eastern Ethiopia. Located in the East Guji Zone of the

Oromia Region Oromia (, ) is a Regions of Ethiopia, regional state in Ethiopia and the homeland of the Oromo people. Under Article 49 of 1995 Constitution of Ethiopia, Ethiopian Constitution, the capital of Oromia is Addis Ababa, also called Finfinne. The ...

, this town has a latitude and longitude of with an altitude of 1787 meters above sea level. It is named after the nearby Wadera Forest. Wadera is the administrative center of Wadera

woreda Districts of Ethiopia, also called woredas (; ''woreda''), are the third level of the administrative divisions of Ethiopia – after ''List of zones of Ethiopia, zones'' and the ''Regions of Ethiopia, regional states''. These districts are f ...

. Wadera is located on the main all-weather road which runs through Wadera and ends at Negele. This town has both telephone and postal service, and is supplied with electricity by the

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from the national grid.

Demographics

Based on figures from the

Central Statistical Agency The Central Statistical Agency, also known as the Ethiopian Statistical Service (ESS; Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ስታቲስቲክስ አገልግሎት), is an Ethiopian government agency designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that ...

in 2005, this town has an estimated total population of 6,999 of whom 3,537 are men and 3,462 are women.CSA 2005 National Statistics
Table B.4 The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 3,912 of whom 1,994 were men and 1,918 were women.

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