Mizan Teferi
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 Mizan Teferi
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| Coordinates: 7°0′N 35°35′E / 7.000°N 35.583°E | |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Region | Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region |
| Zone | Bench Maji |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 23,144 |
| Time zone | EAT (UTC+3) |
| Area code(s) | 47 |
| Climate | Aw |
Mizan Tefere (also called simply Mizan) is a town in southern Ethiopia. The largest town, and the administrative center, of the Bench Maji Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region (SNNPR), and located about 160 kilometers southwest of Jimma, Mizan Tefere has a latitude and longitude of 7°0′N 35°35′E / 7.000°N 35.583°ECoordinates: 7°0′N 35°35′E / 7.000°N 35.583°E and an elevation of 1451 meters. Mizan Teferi, together with the neighboring town of Aman, forms a separate woreda called Mizan Aman. This is surrounded by Debub Bench woreda.
Mizan Tefere is served by an airport (ICAO code HAMT, IATA MTF) with an unpaved runway. Until 1966, the town was connected by only a dry weather road to Gore; that year the roads to Bonga and Tepi were improved by the Highway Authority. Further proposed improvements were promised on 13 December 2006, when the Ethiopian government announced that it had secured a loan of US$ 98 million from the African Development Bank to pave the 227 kilometers of highway between Jimma and Mizan Teferi to the southwest. The loan would cover 64% of the 1270.97 million Birr budgeted for this project.
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