4.1 Urban Economy and Role of the Town

The town is mainly administrative and trade center. There are 50 manufacturing industries, four fuel

stations and six garages in the town. There are five banks and micro finance giving services in the town.

The average annual revenue of the municipality in 2005 was 4,292,667.00 Birr and the major sources of

revenue were taxes from coffee and livestock sales. The major investment opportunities in the town are

hotels and coffee processing.   

Agaro town has economic linkages with the surrounding areas, Jimma and Addis Ababa. The town gets

grain products, livestock supply, natural resources (fuel, wood, charcoal) and labor from surrounding areas

manufacturing and commercial products from Addis Ababa.

4.2 Social and Municipal Services

Social Services

Education

There are one Government senior secondary schools and one TVET in the town.

Health

Regarding health services in the town, there are government hospital, two government health centers, and

two health posts. The town has also one ambulance owned by red cross that gives service for emergency

cases.                  

Municipal Services

Agaro town has a public meeting hall, abattoir giving slaughtering service for Christians, a general and cattle markets meeting twice a week on Wednesdays and Saturdays and three daily markets. Solid waste is collected by a dump truck, communal solid waste containers and disposed in authorized open dump site. There are three public toilets in the town, and the liquid waste generated in the town is collected by rented vacuum trucks from other towns.

There is a green recreation area consisting of 2000 plants, sport field and one historical museum in the town. Regarding religious services, there are three churches for Orthodox Christians, four churches for protestant and six mosques in the towns.