Adama

Sister cities

• Aurora
• Sivas

History

The city name Adama may have been derived from the Oromo word ', which means a cactus or a cactus-like tree. More specifically, ' means Euphorbia candelabrum, a tree of the spurge family, while would mean Indian fig. Following World War II, Emperor Haile Selassie renamed the town after Biblical Nazareth. In 2000, the city officially reverted back to Adama, In 2000, the Federal government moved the regional capital of Oromia from Addis Ababa to Adama, On the other hand, the government maintained that Addis Ababa "has been found inconvenient from the point of view of developing the language, culture and history of the Oromo people".

Most-observed species

• Pied Crow

  Corvus albus Statius Muller, 1776 · Aves
  29
• Speckled Pigeon

  Columba guinea Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  25
• Black Kite

  Milvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
  24
• Red-eyed Dove

  Streptopelia semitorquata (Rüppell, 1837) · Aves
  18
• Marabou Stork

  Leptoptilos crumenifer (R.P.Lesson, 1831) · Aves
  18
• Hooded Vulture

  Necrosyrtes monachus (Temminck, 1823) · Aves
  17
• Sacred Ibis

  Threskiornis aethiopicus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  15
• Abdim's Stork

  Ciconia abdimii Lichtenstein, 1823 · Aves
  15

Most recent

• M 4.6 — 2026-08-09
  19 km ESE of Metahāra, Ethiopia
• M 4 — 2026-06-25
  41 km NW of Metahāra, Ethiopia
• M 4.5 — 2026-05-22
  9 km NE of Metahāra, Ethiopia
• M 4.3 — 2026-05-10
  11 km N of Metahāra, Ethiopia
• M 4.3 — 2026-04-01
  12 km NNE of Metahāra, Ethiopia
• M 4.3 — 2026-03-21
  43 km S of Metahāra, Ethiopia