Adwa town has linear shape developed along the road. Its altitude is 1800- 2000m above sea level. It has Mean Annual Temperature of 200c and Mean annual rainfall of 819.6 mm. The prevailing wind direction is from north west and south east. The principal natural constraints for the physical expansion of the town are steep slope in the east and south while man made constraints include substation and high tension lines, which crosses the future expansion area.
