Nekemte

Founded in 1943, Mizan Teferi is located in western Ethiopia, 561 km away from Addis Ababa and close to the Sudanese border. Although Amharic is used for administrative purposes, commonly spoken languages are Bench and Keffa. A misty, highland town in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region (SNNPR), Mizan Teferi is the capital of the Bench Maji Zone and hosts some of the most verdant landscapes in Ethiopia.

Many of the town's residents are employed in the nearby Bebeka coffee plantation. Covering a total of 6537 hectares, the Bebeka plantation is Ethiopia's largest and oldest coffee plantation. It produces about 15,000 quintals of Arabica coffee annually. Other locally grown food crops include maize, godere (taro root), and enset. Sorghum, teff, wheat and barley are also farmed to a lesser extent.

The UCBP in Nekemte

Contractor:
AMB Construction
PO Box 22228, Code 1000
Addis Ababa
Tel.: 011-442-0110
Fax: 011-442-0109
amc_plc1@yahoo.com

Site Office:
GTZ-IS Nekemte
PO Box 667
DPPC Compound
Tel.: 057-661-7120
Fax: 057-661-7121

MH Engineer: Tibebu Bekele