guide 2000 English.pub - SNNPR Investment Expansion Process

13AWASSA TOWNAwassa town is the capital city of the Southern Nation Nationalities and Peoples RegionalState located at the eastern shore of lake awassa 275 km. south of AddisAbaba . It lies at an elevation of 1680 masl and has a plain topography. The city,which is the economic and cultural hub of the region, has a total area of about 50 km 2divided in to 8 sub-towns (kifle ketema) and 32 kebeles.The total population of the town (in 2008) is estimated about 300 thousand . Thetown full fills all infrastructural facilities vital for any type of investment.COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE OF THE CITY• The strategic location of the city along the international high way of Addis-Moyal;• Availability of well developed social and economic infrastructure facilities suchas modern telecommunication , electric power, higher education and financialinstitutions, etc.• The presence of abundant, easily trainable and inexpensive labour force in thecity and surrounding rural area;• An ideal transit spot for tourists;• The presence of Textile, Sisal, Ceramics and Flour Factories.MAY 2008AWASSA