PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TOWN PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TOWN
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The area of Almu Felege Selam town is 450 ha and has compact circular shape. Its altitude is 980-1200m above sea level; the mean annual temperature of the town is 30.4°c, and mean annual rainfall is 1400mm. The dominant soil types in the town are black soil (60%), followed by red soil (37%) and sandy soil (2%). The prevailing wind directions of the town are south east to north west. There are no natural constraints affecting future development of the town however land compensation problem is the main man made constraint.