Bitena Biixxanna (Wolaytta) ቢጠና (Amharic)
Town
Road in Bitana town
Bitena Location within Wolayita Show map of Wolayita Zone Bitena Location within Ethiopia Show map of Ethiopia
Coordinates: 6°57′49″N 38°02′04″E / 6.96361°N 38.03444°E / 6.96361; 38.03444
Country	Ethiopia
Region	South Ethiopia Regional State
Zone	Wolaita
District	Diguna Fango
Population  (2007)
• Total	13,294
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)

Bitena (Amharic: ቢጠና; Wolayttattuwa: Biixxanna) is a town in Wolayita Zone, South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia.^[1] It is administrative capital of Diguna Fango district of Wolayita Zone, Ethiopia. Bitena is located about 355 km away from Addis Ababa to the south on the path Addis-Awasa-Dimtu-Sodo and 45 km away from Sodo, the capital of Wolaita Zone^{[citation needed]}. It also specifically located between 22 km West of Dimtu town and 7 km northeast of Kercheche town. Bitena lies between 6°57'52.6"N 38°02'08.7"E.^[2][3]

Demography

Based on the 2007 population projection by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia, Bitena has a total population of 13,294, of whom 8,855 are women and 4,439 are men.^[4] The majority of the inhabitants were Protestants (96.61%) and 2.0% practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, and 1.39% were Catholics.^[1]

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