Iteya is a town in southeastern Ethiopia. Located in the

Arsi Zone Arsi () is a Zones of Ethiopia, zone in Oromia Region of Ethiopia, named after a clan of the Oromo people, Oromo, who inhabit in the area. Arsi is bordered on the south by Bale Zone, on the southwest by the West Arsi Zone, on the northwest by Ea ...

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 ...

east of

Lake Zway Lake Ziway, also known as Hora-Dambal or Dambal ( Oromo: ''Hora Dambal'', Amharic: ዟይ ሐይቅ), is one of the freshwater Rift Valley lakes of Ethiopia. It is the home of the Zay people. Located about 100 miles south of Addis Ababa, on t ...

. It is the administrative center of the Hitosa woreda. According to the Oromia Regional government, this town currently has telephone and postal service, and is supplied with electricity from a nearby hydroelectric source.

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records a junior secondary school in Iteya in 1968. 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, Iteya has an estimated total population of 12,979 of whom 6,418 are men and 6,561 are women.CSA 2005 National Statistics
, Table B.4 The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 7260 of whom 3,481 were men and 3,779 were women.

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