Waka, Ethiopia
Waka is a town of 26,500 people in South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia.
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Population26,500
GeoNames
Elevation2,312 m
7,585 ft
Time zoneAfrica/Addis Ababa
Nearest airportSoddu Airport (SXU)
70 km
Weather in Waka
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Churches and places of worship2
Map of Waka
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Getting there and nearby towns
Soddu Airport (SXU) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 70 km away.
- Tarch’a Sodo 9 km north, about 9 min by car
- Bale Hawassa 43 km east, about 43 min by car
- Bombe 47 km east, about 47 min by car
- Gununo 56 km east, about 56 min by car
- Hadero 57 km east, about 57 min by car
- Āreka 59 km east, about 59 min by car
- Gasuba 59 km southeast, about 59 min by car
- Gīmbīcho 67 km northeast, about 1 h by car
- Sodo 70 km east, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Jimma 77 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
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