Subcities and Kebeles with Their Population Size 

Hawassa City Administration Revenues Collected (2002 - 2007 E.C)

 

Students Enrollment of 2007 E.C year ingovernment and non government schools

NB:  

• The number of studetns with disabitities in government schools are reported to be 409  in 1-4 Grade, 374 in 5- 8 grade, 170 in 9 - 12 grade.
   
• There are a total of 133; 48 government and 85 non government schools.
   
• In Hawassa City  there are more than 2,812 teachers in government and non government schools.

Health Related Infromation of Hawassa

• There are 6 Hospitals, 52 Clinics , 14 Pharmacies and 152 other health facilities owned by government and non governmental organizations giving services to Hawassa and nearby residents. 
• All Respiratory disease, Diarrhoeal Disease/Non Blood, Pneumonia, Acute Fibril Illness and Malaria are top five diseases for children under five years in 2007 E.C 
• All respiratory disease, Trauma, Acute Febrile Illness, Typhoid Fever and Diarrhea are the top five diseases in Hawassa for all ages.

Miscellaneous Information 

• The Potenial Water Coverage 76 % in 2007 E.C 
• There is 132.3Km Asohalt, 472Km All weather , 120 Km Red Ash and 189Km Cobbled Stone Road Infrastucture in Hawassa in 2007 E.C 
• In 2007 E.C Annual Tourist arrival has reached 215,904 with total estimated revenue collected form these tourists is estimated to be 191,382,851 birr.
• Total Area of Hawassa city is 157.2 Sq  Km

Source: Hawassa City Administration Finance and Economic Dvelopmnt Department, 2007 Socio Economic Profile

Pollution and Hawassa City

The pollution levels of effluents from these factories, as measured by the Hawassa City Environmental Protection Agency (HCEPA), were found well above permissible levels. Secondly, as established by HCEPA, the management of the municipal sanitary landfill, which is geo-membrane protected but damaged and yet to be replaced, is being degraded to an open dump posing the risk of links with the ground water systems. Thirdly, among the local businesses, restaurants, hotels and automotive garages used to connect their drains to the lake. Fourthly, the proliferation of irrigation-based production of high value vegetables on the banks of the lake is a source of chemical pollution, which is linked to the use of fertilizers, pesticides and insecticides. Fifthly, the Hawassa Referral Hospital, built on the banks of the lake and generating medical wastes, is one of the direct contributors to the lake’s pollution. This state of affairs has forced the Hawassa City Administration to take some strict environmental measures though HCEPC. All factories were asked to submit their Environmental Audit and Waste Management Plan, while the experts of agency have started visiting the industries regularly to check progress.

Hotels are increasingly forced to use their own septic tanks and required to emptying from time to time. The waters of swimming ponds of lakeside resorts, which are treated with chlorine, are banned from being released to the lake. The city administration has recently approved a buffer zone regulation which requires, among other things, certain activities to move away at least 200 meters from the banks of the lake. In addition, in collaboration with the relevant offices and voluntary organizations, HCEPA is promoting watershed rehabilitation activities. These include encouraging farmers to plant perennial crops (e.g., fruit trees) as well as rehabilitating four wet lands of which two are already reclaimed. On-going efforts to rehabilitate the Lake’s ecosystem underline the imperatives of strengthening rural-urban linkages. Looking into the environmental track record of existing industries, one would be tempted to ask: Can Hawassa City sustain more manufacturing expansion given the challenges existing industrial practices pose on the lake’s ecosystem?


Source: Hawassa University (2014a), (Hawassa University (2014b) and (Hawssasa University and Wondo Genet College of Forestry and Natural Resources (2014).