 It is one of three towns located in the Pawe special woreda of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region.Ketema founded as one of the resettlement projects under the Derg in the years 1984–86, when it was known as Mender 7 (or "Left 7"), because the settlement located on the left side of the Beles River).Ketema is located near the market of Deq, a local market which existed before the resettlement program and is frequented by the Agew and Gumuz peoples.