Nazret

Adama additionally recognized as Nazret or Nazreth is a town in relevant Ethiopia and the preceding capital of the Oromia Region. Adama forms a Special Zone of Oromia and is surrounded via Misraq Shewa Zone. It is located at 8.54°N 39.27°E at an elevation of 1712 meters, 99 km southeast of Addis Ababa.

The metropolis sits between the bottom of an escarpment to the west, and the Great Rift Valley to the east. The town call Adama may additionally have been derived from the Oromo word adaamii, which means that a cactus or a cactus-like tree. More particularly, adaamii way Euphorbia candelabrum a tree of the spurge own family, whilst hadaamii would imply Indian fig. Following World War II, Emperor Haile Selassie renamed the city after Biblical Nazareth, and this name was used for the the rest of the 20th century. In 2000, the city officially reverted to its original Oromo language name, Adama, though Nazareth continues to be widely used.