History

Wolayita Soddo City
Soddo, one of the oldest towns in the SNNPRS is formed as town 113 years ago as military center to the south, to make a ‘united one Ethiopia’ by the Emperor Minlik the secondary of Ethiopia.
One of the 22 reform cities in SNNPRS & has got a secondary level next to Hawassa. It is the administrative capital of the Wolayita zone. In addition the city functions as a center for the surrounding agricultural land. It is also a major transportation node, being the center of six national and regional transport routers. Trade is the most important lively hood of the resident of the city.