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Bonga
Bonga is a town and separate woreda in southwestern Ethiopia. Located southwest of Jimma in the Keffa Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region upon a hill in the upper Barta valley, it has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 1,714 meters above sea level. It is surrounded by Ginbo woreda. Bonga is the administrative center of the Keffa Zone, with a major market on Saturday and lesser ones on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Note that there is another town in Ethiopia named "Bonga", near Gambela.〔p. 290. Wendy James. 2010. Music, Song, and Dance of the Blue Nile Borderlands: Revivals in the Refugee Context. ''Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies'', edited by Svein Ege, Harald Aspen, Birhanu Teferra, Shiferaw Bekele, pp. 290-305. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. (Online version of paper, different pagination )〕
== Overview ==
The neighboring area is known for hot springs, caves and waterfalls. There are fourteenth century ruins associated with the former Kingdom of Kaffa.〔Matt Philips and Jean-Bernard Carillet, ''Ethiopia and Eritrea'', third edition (n.p.: Lonely Planet, 2006), p. 243〕 As part of the extensive road-building program started before the Italian invasion, the Ethiopian Transport Company built a large steel bridge at Bonga.〔Richard Pankhurst, ''Economic History of Ethiopia'' (Addis Ababa: Haile Selassie University, 1968), p. 301〕 The all weather road from Jimma south to Bonga was completed around 1962. The road to Mizan Teferi and Tepi was improved in 1966 by the Highway Authority. The Apostolic Prefecture of Jimma–Bonga is based in this town.〔("Local History in Ethiopia" ) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 30 December 2007)〕
According to the SNNPR's Bureau of Finance and Economic Development, Bonga's amenities include digital telephone access, postal service, 24-hour electrical service, a bank and a hospital.〔("Detailed statistics on hotels and tourism" ), Bureau of Finance and Economic Development website (accessed 4 September 2009)〕 The high school draws students from a broad area. The city is a center for the buying of honey and cardamom.
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