[5][4] David Buxton stated in his book that Dimtu was the name of a market, and it was near the Bilate River.

[6] As unwritten source reveals that the name was derived from the word "Danttuwa", which in Wolaytta language means the junction.

[7] The majority of the inhabitants were Protestants (94.61%) and 4.10% practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, 0.0076% were Muslims, and 1.28% were Catholics.

It is one of the primary school that established in 1940's after the revolution in the period of Haile Selassie I for education.

[8] Bilate Tena Secondary and Preparatory School was established in 2009 and got ready for its duty in 2010 as it was opened by Ambassador Teshome Toga, who was raised in the Dimtu area.