Nifas Silk-Lafto,Lafto is sometimes spelled "Lafito" also spelled Niffassilk Lafto or Nefassilk Lafto (

Amharic Amharic is an Ethio-Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amhara people, and also serves as a lingua franca for all other metropolitan populati ...

: ንፋስ ስልክ ላፍቶ ክፍለ ከተማ), is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

(sub-city) of

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 ...

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 ...

. As of 2011 its population was of 335,740.

Geography

The district is located in the southwestern suburb of the city. It borders with the districts of

Kolfe Keranio Kolfe Keranio (Amharic: ኮልፌ ቀራኒዮ ክፍለ ከተማ), also spelled Kolfe Keraneo or simply Kolfe, is a district (sub-city) of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. As of 2011 its population was 546,219. Geography The district is located in the we ...

Lideta Lideta (Amharic: ልደታ ክፍለ ከተማ) is a district (sub-city) of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. As of 2011 its population was of 214,769.

Kirkos Kirkos (Amharic: ቂርቆስ ክፍለ ከተማ), also spelled Kerkos, Kirikos or Cherkos, is a district (sub-city) of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country loca ...

and Bole and

Akaky Kaliti Akaky Kaliti (Amharic: አቃቂ ቃሊቲ ክፍለ ከተማ), also spelled Akaki Kality, is a district (sub-city) of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. As of 2011 its population was of 195,273. Formerly, Akaky Kaliti was known as Woreda 26. Many industr ...

List of places

* Jemo Michael * Jemo 1 * Jemo 3 * Repi * SOS Children's Village Addis Ababa

Admin Level: 11

* Besrat Gebriel * EECMY Residential Area * Gofa * Gofa Mebrathail * Great Akaki * Gulele Bota * Haile Garment * Hana * Harbu Shet * Irtu Bota * Jemo * Lafto * Lebu * Lebu Mebrathail * Mekanisa * Mekanisa Abo * Menisa * Vatican

References

External links

* Districts of Addis Ababa {{ethiopia-geo-stub