Bonga

Bonga is a town in south-western Ethiopia in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region. The place was long the capital of the historical Kingdom of Kaffa.

Population Development

1938, Bonga 3,000 inhabitants, of whom 200 were Kaffa.

Attractions

Was started in 2009 with the establishment of a National Coffee Museum. Since June 2010, a forest area at Bonga is recognized as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. The biosphere reserve relates primarily to protect the remaining forests south-west Ethiopia, from which the coffee - shrubs, particularly the Arabica coffee to come.