Mizan Teferi

Founded in 1943, Mizan Teferi is located in western Ethiopia, 561 km from Addis Ababa and close to the Sudanese border. Although Amharic is used for administrative purposes, commonly spoken languages are Bench and Keffa.

Many of the town's resident's are employed in the nearby Bebeka coffee plantation. Covering a total 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 Mizan Teferi

Contractor: Nasew Construction
PO Box 8826
Tel 011-442-5490
      011-442-6215
naco@ethionet.et

Site office:
GTZ IS Mizan/Teppi
PO Box 222
Tel.: 047-336-0043

MH Engineer: Debasu Fikadu