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Asabot is a town in eastern Ethiopia. Named after a nearby mountain , this town is located in the Mirab Hararghe Zone of the Oromia Region, with a latitude and longitude of {{coord|9|15|N|40|34|E|region:ET_type:city|display=inline,title}}. It is served by a railway station on the Addis Ababa - Djibouti Railway.

Between 1954 and 1967 telephone service reached the town.[1] Mobile telephone service was introduced to Asabot May 2009.[2] A local landmark is the church, dedicated to Haile Selassie ("Holy Tinity"), which was decorated with paintings by the artist Emailaf Heruy in the 1930s.[1]

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this town has an estimated total population of 13,130, of whom 6,767 are men and 6,363 are women.[3] The 1994 national census reported Asabot had a total population of 7,335, of whom 3,670 were men and 3,665 were women. It is one of five towns in Mieso woreda.

Asabot has a 13th century monastery near the mountain called asabot Gedam Monastery

References

1. ^"Local History in Ethiopia" {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927023043/http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/A/ORTARG.pdf |date=2007-09-27 }} The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 26 July 2009)
2. ^"Six towns in W. Hararge get access to mobile telephone service"{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Ethiopian News Agency 23 May 2009 (accessed 30 May 2009)
3. ^CSA 2005 National Statistics {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061123121716/http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm |date=November 23, 2006 }}, Table B.4

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1 : Populated places in the Oromia Region

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