Asasa Asasa is located in EthiopiaAsasaAsasa Location within Ethiopia Coordinates: 7°6′N 39°12′ECoordinates: 7°6′N 39°12′E Country Ethiopia Region Oromia Zone Mirab Arsi Zone Elevation 2,367 m (7,766 ft) Population (2005) • Total 19,506 Time zone UTC+3 (EAT) Climate Cwb Asasa is a town in southeastern Ethiopia. Located in the Mirab Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 07°06′N 39°12′E with an elevation of 2367 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Gedeb Asasa woreda. Asasa was the location of the Kulumsa experimental farm, a project of Chilalo Agricultural Development Union that ran from 1966 to 1968.[1] In the late 1980s, a Skills Training Center operated in this town, teaching useful trades like pot-making.[2] Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Asasa has an estimated total population of 19,506 of whom 9,865 are men and 9,641 are women.[3] The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 10,903 of whom 5,350 were men and 5,553 women.