Addis Alem

Addis Alem is a city in valuable Ethiopia. Located within the Mirab Shewa Zone of the Oromia Region, west of Addis Ababa, this metropolis has a range and longitude of 9°2′N 38°24′E with an elevation of about 2360 meters above sea stage. Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this metropolis has an envisioned overall populace of 13,423 of whom 6,420 were men and 7,003 were ladies. The 1994 census said this city had a complete population of seven,516 of whom 3,482 have been men and four,034 have been ladies.

It is the biggest agreement in Ejerie woreda. Addis Alem become founded in 1900 with the aid of Menelik II as a new capital town; Empress Taytu Betul picked the call. Although at one point he had 20,000 contributors of the Welega Oromo busy in constructing homes inside the new metropolis, through 1903 he decided to hold the capital at Addis Ababa. However, it changed into used by the Emperor as his summer palace at some point of the following years. The first paved street in Ethiopia became constructed between Addis Alem and the capital, the work starting in 1903, and pronounced in quite usable circumstance the next year.