Badessa

Badessa is a town and separate woreda in eastern Ethiopia. Located in the West Hararghe Zone of the Oromia Region, at the base of a spur of the Chercher Mountains 40 km south of the Addis Ababa - Djibouti Railway and 65 km east of Awash, this town has a latitude and longitude of 8°54′N 40°47′E / 8.900°N 40.783°E with an elevation of 1761 m above sea level.