Areka (
Ge'ez: አረካ) is a city in southern
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...
. Located in some 300 kilo meters southwest of the capital,
Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa (; ,) is the capital city of Ethiopia, as well as the regional state of Oromia. With an estimated population of 2,739,551 inhabitants as of the 2007 census, it is the largest city in the country and the List of cities in Africa b ...
. This town has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation of 1774 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of
Boloso Sore district.
Areka is served by a sub-office of the Ethiopian postal service. Areka was founded in 1959, and a primary school opened in the town in 1962. The
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research opened a center in Areka in 1985 dedicated to improving the yield of
enset.
Demographics
Based on figures from the
Central Statistical Agency in 2023, this town has an estimated total population of 88,346 of whom 42,561 are men and 45,785 are women.
Climate
Areka features a
tropical savanna climate
Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories ''Aw'' (for a dry "winter") and ''As'' (for a dry "summer"). The driest month has less than ...
(
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* Bernd Köppen (1951–2014), German pianist and composer
* Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan
* Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author ...
''Aw'') with average annual rainfall around .
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{{Cities of Ethiopia
Cities and towns in Wolayita Zone
Cities and towns in Ethiopia