Why visit Dodola
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About Dodola
Dodola is a town in southeastern Ethiopia. Located in the West Arsi Zone of the Oromia State, this town has a latitude and longitude of 06°59′N 39°11′E, with an elevation ranging from 2362 to 2493 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Dodola Aanaa.
From the Wikipedia article Dodola, Oromia (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
Arnold Weinholt Hodson passed through Dodola when he was the British resident in southern Ethiopia (1914-1923). The Italian Guida described Dodola in 1938 as a town with an important market in an area rich in resources of agriculture and forest, and having 150 inhabitants. The Guida further mentioned the village church of Kidane Mihret as a notable landmark.
The road to Dodola built by the Italian occupants had fallen into disrepair by the time of the Bale revolt. However, a telephone landline to the town was in operation by 1964.
The Ethiopian Ministry of Education gave permission on 21 March 1949 to a group of Danish missionaries to establish a station at Dodola, but due to funding issues the mission was not started until 1952. The mission included a school and a clinic. Over the following years the station had a constant problem with retaining staff, but by 1971 it had secured support from the Lutheran World Federation.
From the History section of Dodola, Oromia on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Hawassa Airport (AWA) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 87 km away.
- Āsasa 13 km north, about 13 min by car
- Kofelē 45 km west, about 45 min by car
- Bek’ojī 62 km north, about 1 h by car
- Shashamane 69 km west, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Arsi Negele 70 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Kuyera 69 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Awasa 79 km west, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Gobēsa 79 km northeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Leku 82 km west, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Yirga ‘Alem 89 km west, about 1 h 30 min by car
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