Sawla

Sawla (also known as Felege Neway) is a town in southern Ethiopia. Located in the Semien Omo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of coord|6|0|N|36|0|E with an altitude of 1395 meters above sea level.

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Sawla has an estimated total population of 28,561 of whom 14,198 were males and 14,363 were females. [ [http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics] , Table B.4] The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 15,764 of whom 7,861 were males and 7,903 were females. It is the larger of two towns in Gofa Zuria woreda.

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 woreda was conducted in 1996. [ [http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/f/ORTFA.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"] (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 15 February 2008)]

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