Sawla is a town in southern Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...

. Located in the Gamo Gofa Zone

Gamo Gofa Zone

Gamo Gofa is a Zone in the Ethiopian Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region . It is named for the Gamo and Gofa peoples, whose homelands lie in this Zone...

 of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 6°18′N 36°53′E with an altitude of 1395 meters above sea level. It is the larger of two towns in Gofa Zuria

Gofa Zuria

Gofa Zuria is one of the 77 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Gamo Gofa Zone, Gofa Zuria is bordered on the south by Zala Ubamale, on the southwest by the Debub Omo Zone, on the west by the Basketo special woreda, on the northwest by...

 woreda

Woreda

Woreda is an administrative division of Ethiopia , equivalent to a district . Woredas are composed of a number of Kebele, or neighborhood associations, which are the smallest unit of local government in Ethiopia...

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Postal service in this town is provided by a main branch; electricity and telephone service are also available.

History

Records at the Nordic Africa Institute website provide details of the primary and secondary school in Sawla in 1968. A study to build a road to connect Sawla with Ameya in Ela

Ela (woreda)

Konta, previously called Ela, is one of the 79 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Because Konta is not part of any Zone in the SNNPR, it is considered a Special woreda, an administrative subdivision which is similar to an autonomous area...

 woreda was conducted in 1996.

On 1 July 2008, the Ethiopian House of Peoples' Representatives voted to ratify a US$ 9 million loan agreement signed with the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa

Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa

The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa is a financial institution funded by the Governments of the Member States of the League of Arab States on 18 February 1974 . It is an independent international institution enjoying international legal status and autonomy in administrative and...

 for the implementation of a rural electrification project linking Sawla and Key Afer in Hamer Bena

Hamer Bena

Hamer Bena is one of the 77 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Debub Omo Zone, Hamer Bena is bordered on the south by Kenya, on the southwest by Kuraz, on the northwest by the Usno River which separates it from Selamago, on the north by Bako...

 woreda. The total cost of this project would total US$ 43.89 million, of which the OPEC Fund for International Development

OPEC Fund for International Development

The OPEC Fund for International Development is a multilateral development finance institution established in 1976 by the Member Countries of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries...

 has promised US$ 20 million, while the Ethiopian government will provide US$ 14 million.

Demographics

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency

Central Statistical Agency (Ethiopia)

The Central Statistical Agency is an agency of the government of Ethiopia designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that country used to monitor economic and social growth, as well as to act as an official training center in that field. It is part of the Ethiopian Ministry of Finance and...

in 2005, Sawla has an estimated total population of 28,561 of whom 14,198 are men and 14,363 are women. The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 15,764 of whom 7,861 were men and 7,903 were women.