Yeka (
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 ...
: የካ 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 ...
.
[ demamit Yeka]
. City Government of Addis Ababa.
Geography
The district is located in northeastern suburb of the city. It borders with the districts of
Gullele
Gullele (Amharic: ጉለሌ ክፍለ ከተማ), also spelled Gulele, is a district (sub-city) of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. As of 2011 its population was of 248,865.
Geography
The district is located in northern suburb of the city, near the Mount ...
,
Arada,
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.
List of places
* Abado Project 13
* Adwa Dildiy Condominium
* Ayat Real Estate Development
* Balderas Condominium
* Signal
Admin Level: 11
* Beg Tera
* Kara
* Kara Alo
* Kebena
* Kotebe
* Megenagna
* Sunshine Real Estate
* Yedejazmach Alula Irsha
Personalities
*
Girma Wake
Girma Wake (born 23 June 1943) is a retired airline industry executive who served as the board chairman of the Ethiopian Airlines Group until June 2023.
Girma was previously the CEO of Ethiopian Airlines from 2004 to 2011, and served as the chai ...
(born 1943), businessman
Chaka Project
On 21 May 2022, Prime Minister
Abiy Ahmed
Abiy Ahmed Ali (; ; born 15 August 1976) is an Ethiopian politician who is the current Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018 and the leader of the Prosperity Party since 2019. He rose through the ranks of government via the Information Networ ...
launched a project known as the
Chaka Project
Chaka Project (Amharic: ጫካ ፕሮጀክት) is an ongoing urban planning project and part of Addis Ababa City Corridor Project, known as Smart City Project launched on 21 May 2022. The project encompasses the construction of National Palace, r ...
that aims to clear forest areas and build national palaces, houses, artificial lakes, roads and other infrastructure. Comprising 503 hectares, it is the largest project after the
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD or TaIHiGe; , , ), formerly known as the Millennium Dam and sometimes referred to as the Hidase Dam (, ), is a gravity dam on the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia. The dam is in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region ...
(GERD), costing 49 billion
ETB funded by the
United Arab Emirates
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. It is now under construction.
References
External links
*
Districts of Addis Ababa
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