Mizan Teferi

Founded in 1943, Mizan Teferi is located in Western Ethiopia, 561 km from Addis Ababa and close to the Sudanese border on an elevation of 1451 meters above sea level. Although Amharic is used for administrative purposes, commonly spoken languages are Bench and Keffa.
Based on 2005 figures from the Central Statistical Agency, Kombolcha has an estimated total population of 19,296. Many of the town's resident's are employed in the nearby Bebeka coffee plantation. Covering a total 6537 hectares, the 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.