Location: Āreka 🌎

Areka (Ge’ez: አረካ) is city in southern Ethiopia. Located in some 300 kilometres southwest of the capital, Addis Ababa. This town has a latitude and longitude of 7°4′N 37°42′E and an elevation of 1774 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Boloso Sore woreda. Areka is served by a sub-office of the Ethiopian postal service. Areka was founded in 1959, and a primary school opened in the town in 1962. The Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research opened a center in Areka in 1985 dedicated to improving the yield of enset.