Southern Ethiopia
Sidama Region
Hawassa Zuria

Awasa

Hawassa known historically as Adare is a city in , on the shores of in the Great Rift Valley. It is 273 km south of via , 130 km east of , and 75 km north of Dilla.
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  • Type: City with 160,000 residents
  • Description: city in Ethiopia
  • Also known as: “Āwasa”, “Hawaasa”, “Hawaasa/Hawassa”, “Hawassa”, and “sidaamu afoo”

Awasa

Latitude
7.0481° or 7° 2′ 53″ north
Longitude
38.4786° or 38° 28′ 43″ east
Population
160,000
Elevation
1,697 metres (5,568 feet)
IATA airport code
AWA
United Nations Location Code
ET AWA
Open location code
6GVW2FXH+6C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1394787650
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
343137
Wiki­data ID
Q755765
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Awasa” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ሀዋሳ”
  • Amharic: “ሃዋሳ”
  • Amharic: “አዋሳ”
  • Arabic: “أواسا”
  • Armenian: “Աուասա (քաղաք)”
  • Armenian: “Աուասա”
  • Asturian: “Hawaasa”
  • Basque: “Awasa”
  • Bengali: “আওয়াসা”
  • Breton: “Awasa”
  • Bulgarian: “Ауаса”
  • Catalan: “Awasa”
  • Cebuano: “Hawassa”
  • Chinese: “阿瓦萨”
  • Chinese: “阿瓦薩”
  • Croatian: “Avasa”
  • Danish: “Awasa”
  • Danish: “Hawassa”
  • Dutch: “Awasa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اواسا”
  • Esperanto: “Aŭasa”
  • Finnish: “Awasa”
  • French: “Awasa”
  • French: “Awassa”
  • French: “Hawassa”
  • German: “Auasa”
  • German: “Awasa”
  • German: “Awassa”
  • German: “Hawassa”
  • Greek: “Αουάσα”
  • Gujarati: “અવાસા”
  • Hebrew: “אוואסה”
  • Hebrew: “אווסה”
  • Hindi: “हेवासा”
  • Hungarian: “Awassa”
  • Indonesian: “Awasa”
  • Irish: “Hawaasa”
  • Italian: “Auasa”
  • Japanese: “アワサ”
  • Japanese: “アワッサ”
  • Kannada: “ಅವಾಸಾ”
  • Korean: “아와사”
  • Latvian: “Avasa”
  • Lithuanian: “Auasa”
  • Lithuanian: “Avasa”
  • Malay: “Awasa”
  • Marathi: “अवसा”
  • Mongolian: “Ауаса”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Awasa”
  • Norwegian: “Awasa”
  • Norwegian: “Hawassa”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Awasa”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Hauassa”
  • Oromo: “Hawaasa in sidaamu afoo”
  • Oromo: “Hawaasa”
  • Persian: “آواسا”
  • Persian: “اوواسا”
  • Polish: “Auasa”
  • Polish: “Awasa”
  • Portuguese: “Awasa”
  • Portuguese: “Awassa”
  • Romanian: “Awasa”
  • Romanian: “Awassa”
  • Romanian: “Hawassa”
  • Russian: “Авасе”
  • Russian: “Ауаса”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Avasa”
  • Shona: “Awasa”
  • Sinhala: “ආවසා”
  • Spanish: “Awasa”
  • Spanish: “Awassa”
  • Spanish: “Hawassa”
  • Swahili: “Awasa”
  • Swahili: “Awassa”
  • Swedish: “Awasa”
  • Swedish: “Awassa”
  • Swedish: “Hawassa”
  • Tamil: “அவாஸ”
  • Telugu: “ఆవాసా”
  • Thai: “ฮาวาสซา”
  • Turkish: “Awasa”
  • Turkish: “Awasawa”
  • Ukrainian: “Аваса”
  • Urdu: “اواسا”
  • Venetian: “Auasa”
  • Vietnamese: “Awasa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Hawassa”
  • Wolaytta: “Hawaasa”
  • Zulu: “Awasa”

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