Asabot

Asabot is a town in eastern Ethiopia. Named after a nearby mountain, this town is located in the West Hararghe Zone of the Oromia Region, with a latitude and longitude of 9°15′N 40°34′E. It is served by a railway station on the Addis Ababa - Djibouti Railway.

Between 1954 and 1967 telephone service reached the town.^[1] Mobile telephone service was introduced to Asabot May 2009.^[2] A local landmark is the church, dedicated to Kidist Selassie ("Holy Trinity"), which was decorated with paintings by the artist Emailaf Heruy in the 1930s.^[1]

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this town has an estimated total population of 13,130, of whom 6,767 are men and 6,363 are women.^[3] The 1994 national census reported Asabot had a total population of 7,335, of whom 3,670 were men and 3,665 were women. It is one of five towns in Mieso woreda.

Asabot has a 13th-century monastery near the mountain called asabot Gedam Monastery.