Tarcha
Town
Tarcha Location within Ethiopia
Coordinates: 7°09′N 37°10′E / 7.150°N 37.167°E / 7.150; 37.167
Country	Ethiopia
Region	South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region
Zone	Dawro Zone
Government
• Mayor	ASNAKE ABEBE
Population  (2025)
• Total	75,000[1]
Time zone	UTC+3 (East Africa Time)

Tarcha is town and separate district in southwestern Ethiopia. Tarcha serves as the seat of Dawro Zone of Southwestern Ethiopia Regional State.^[2] Tarcha located in 507 km southwest from Addis Ababa, and also 169 km away from nearby city Wolaita Sodo.^[3]

Infrastructures

Tarcha has 24 hours electricity, one government hospital, one polytechnic college and there is also higher education called Dawro Tarcha campus; one of the branches of Wolaita Sodo University.^[4]

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