Bedessa (Geʽez: በዴሳ, Wolaytatto: Baddeesa) is a town in Wolayita Zone of the South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia.

[1] The town is administrative capital of Damot Weyde district of Wolayita Zone, Ethiopia.

Bedessa is located about 373 KM away from Addis Ababa to the south on Sodo-Dimtu-Hawassa road, and 21 KM away from Sodo, the capital of Wolaita Zone.

Bedessa lies between 6°52'58.9"N 37°55'58.5"E.[2] Based on the 2018 population projection by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia, Bedessa has a total population of 35,294, of whom 20,855 are women and 14,439 are men.

[3] The majority of the inhabitants were Protestants (86.61%) and 8.0% practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, 0.86% were Muslims, and 1.28% were Catholics.