List of cities and towns in Ethiopia

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This is a list of cities and town in Ethiopia ordered by size and alphabetically.

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By population

The table below shows cities and towns with more than 40,000 inhabitants (from the projection for 2016 by using the 2007 census data). [1] [2] The population numbers are referring to the inhabitants of the cities themselves, suburbs and the metropolitan area outside the city area are not taken into account. Given the suburbs and the metropolitan area, the number of inhabitants might be much larger in several cases. Addis Ababa, for example, might have a total population of 4.5 to 5 million if also taking the metropolitan area into account.

Some towns which should be beyond a number of 40,000 inhabitants (like Holeta) are not shown as the last census happened in 2007. At that time, the area of some towns was different which makes it hard to provide numbers. Also, the last census happened in 2007, which results in major uncertainties. The next major census to account for these issues is foreseen to happen in February 2018.

OrderNameCensus
1984		Census
1994		Census
2007 [1] 		Projected

Estimate
2016 [2]

Region Zone/Woreda
1. Addis Ababa 1,412,5752,112,7372,739,5513,352,000 Addis Ababa Chartered City Addis Ababa Chartered City
2. Dire Dawa 61,583112,249207,044341,991 Federal Dire dawa
3. Mekelle 90,886120,249215,914340,859 Tigray Mekelle Special Zone
4. Adama 76,284127,842220,212338,940 Oromia East Shewa Zone
5. Awassa 36,16969,169157,139318,618 Sidama Sidama Region
6. Bahir Dar 54,80096,140155,428297,794 Amhara Bahir Dar Special Zone
7. Gonder 98,104164,851233,224285,000 Amhara North Gonder zone Gonder City
8. Dessie 68,84897,314120,095198,428 Amhara Debub Wollo Zone
9. Jimma 60,99288,867120,960186,148 Oromia Jimma Special Zone
10. Jijiga 23,18356,821125,876164,321 Somali Fafan Zone
11. Shashamane 31,53152,080100,454154,587 Oromia West Arsi Zone
12. Bishoftu 51,14373,37299,928153,847 Oromia East Shewa Zone
13. Sodo 24,59236,28776,050153,322 SNNPR Wolayita Zone
14. Arba Minch 23,03240,02074,879151,013 SNNPR Gamo Gofa Zone
15. Hosaena 15,16731,70169,995141,352 SNNPR Hadiya Zone
16. Harar 62,16076,37899,368133,000 Harar East Hararghe Zone
17. Dilla 23,93633,73459,150119,276 SNNPR Gedeo Zone
18. Nekemte 28,82447,25875,219115,741 Oromia East Welega
19. Debre Birhan 25,75338,71765,231107,827 Amhara Semien Shewa Zone
20. Asella 36,72047,39167,269103,522 Oromia Arsi Zone
21. Debre Mark'os 39,80849,29762,497103,263 Amhara Misraq Gojjam
22. Kombolcha 15,78239,46658,66796,968 Amhara Debub Wollo Zone
23. Debre Tabor ...22,45555,59691,968 Amhara Debub Gondar
24. Adigrat 16,26237,41757,58890,658 Tigray Misraqawi Zone
25. Areka ...12,29431,40880,693 [3] SNNPR Wolayita Zone/Boloso Sore
26. Weldiya 15,69024,53346,13976,331 Amhara Semien Wollo Zone
27. Sebeta ......49,33175,929 Oromia Oromia Special Zone
28. Burayu ......48,87675,232 Oromia Oromia Special Zone
29. Shire (Inda Selassie)12,84625,26947,28474,503 Tigray Semien Mi'irabawi Zone
30. Ambo 17,32527,63648,17174,120 Oromia West Shewa Zone
31. Arsi Negele 13,09623,51247,29272,789 Oromia West Arsi Zone/Arsi Negele
32. Aksum 17,75327,14844,64770,360 Tigray Mehakelegnaw Zone
33. Gambela ...18,26339,02270,099 Gambela Agnewak Zone
34. Bale Robe ......44,38268,294 Oromia Bale Zone
35. Butajira ......33,40667,468 SNNPR Gurage Zone
36. Batu ......43,66067,162 Oromia East Shewa Zone
37. Boditi ......24,13361,985 SNNPR Wolayita Zone/Damot Gale
38. Adwa 13,82324,51940,50063,759 Tigray Mehakelegnaw Zone
39. Yirgalem 16,00324,18330,34860,260 Sidama Sidama Zone/Dale
40. Waliso 16,81125,49137,87858,296 Oromia Southwest Shewa Zone
41. Welkite ......28,86658,223 SNNPR Gurage Zone
42. Gode ......43,23456,398 Somali Gode Zone
43. Meki ......,36,25255,772 Oromia East Shewa Zone/Dugda
44. Negele Borana 11,99723,99735,26454,251 Oromia Guji Zone
45. Alaba Kulito ......26,86754,203 SNNPR Alaba special woreda
46. Alamata 14,03026,17933,21452,435 Tigray Debubawi Zone
47. Chiro ......33,67051,782 Oromia West Hararghe Zone
48. Tepi ......24,82950,065 SNNPR Sheka Zone/Yeki
49. Durame ......24,47249,461 SNNPR Kembata Tembaro Zone
50. Goba 22,96328,35832,02549,309 Oromia Bale Zone
51. Assosa 4,15911,74924,21449,145 Benishangul-Gumuz Assosa Zone
52. Gimbi ......30,98147,674 Oromia West Welega Zone
53. Wukro ......30,21047,611 Tigray Misraqawi Zone
54. Haramaya ......30,72847,283 Oromia East Hararghe Zone/Haro Maya
55. Mizan Teferi ......23,14446,642 SNNPR Bench Maji Zone/Mizan Aman
56. Sawla ......22,70445,846 SNNPR Gamo Gofa Zone
57. Mojo ......29,54745,482 Oromia East Shewa Zone/Dugda
58. Dembi Dolo ......29,44845,309 Oromia Kelem Welega Zone
59. Aleta Wendo ......22,09344,544 SNNPR Sidama Zone/Aleta Wondo
60. Metu ......28,78244,296 Oromia Illubabor Zone
61. Mota ......26,17743,322 Amhara Misraq Gojjam Zone/Hulet Ej Enese
62. Fiche ......27,49342,334 Oromia Semien Shewa Zone
63. Finote Selam ......25,91342,882 Amhara Mirab Gojjam Zone
64. Bule Hora Town 27,82042,801 Oromia Borena Zone/Bule Hora
65. Bonga ......20,85842,097 SNNPR Keffa Zone
66. Kobo ......24,86741,122 Amhara Semien Wollo Zone/Kobo
67. Jinka ......20,26741,071 SNNPR South Omo Zone/Debub Ari
68. Dangila ......24,82741,067 Amhara Agew Awi Zone/Dangila
69. Degehabur ...28,70830,02739,182 Somali Degehabur Zone
70. Dimtu ......19,65425,294 SNNPR Wolaita Zone/Diguna Fango
71. Agaro 18,76423,24625,25839,174 Oromia Jimma Zone

Alphabetical

The listings do not have a threshold for the size of the towns and cities.

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Map of Ethiopia
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Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia.

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Dessie

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Gondar

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Harar

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Center of Sodo Distance View


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References

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  2. 1 2 Central Statistics Agency (Ethiopia). "Population Projection of Ethiopia from all Regions at Wereda Level for 2014–2017" (in English and Amharic). www.csa.gov.et. Archived from the original on 2015-10-17. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
  3. ↑ "Population Size of Towns by Sex, Region, Zone and Weredas as of July 2021" (PDF). www.statsethiopia.gov.et. Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia.
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