Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Mizan Tefere is a town in southern Ethiopia. The largest town, and the administrative center, of the Bench Maji Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region, and located about 160 kilometers southwest of Jimma, Mizan Tefere has a latitude and longitude of 7°0 N 35°35 E / 7°N 35.583°E / 7; 35.583 and an elevation of 1451 meters. Mizan Tefere is served by an airport with an unpaved runway. Until 1966, the town was connected by only a dry weather road to Gore; that year the roads to Bonga and Tepi were improved by the Highway Authority.