Aseko
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Aseko is a town in central Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...

. Located in the Arsi Zone
Arsi Zone
Arsi is one of the 12 zones of the Oromia Region in Ethiopia. Arsi is also the name of a former province. Both the Zone and the former province are named after a subgroup of the Oromo, who inhabit both...

 of the Oromia Region
Oromia Region
Oromia is one of the nine ethnic divisions of Ethiopia...

, this town has a latitude and longitude of 08°31′N 40°02′E. It is the administrative center of Aseko
Aseko (woreda)
Aseko is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. It is named after the administrative center of the woreda, Aseko. Part of the Arsi Zone, Aseko is bordered on the southwest by Chole, on the northwest by Merti, on the north by the Mirab Hararghe Zone, and on the east by Gololcha.-...

 woreda
Woreda
Woreda is an administrative division of Ethiopia , equivalent to a district . Woredas are composed of a number of Kebele, or neighborhood associations, which are the smallest unit of local government in Ethiopia...

.

According to the Oromia Regional government, this town currently has no telephone service, as well as no electricity.

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency
Central Statistical Agency (Ethiopia)
The Central Statistical Agency is an agency of the government of Ethiopia designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that country used to monitor economic and social growth, as well as to act as an official training center in that field. It is part of the Ethiopian Ministry of Finance and...

in 2005, Aseko has an estimated total population of 1,961 of whom 968 were males and 993 were females. The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 1,097 of whom 525 were males and 572 were females.
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