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Welench’ītī, Ethiopia

Welench’ītī is a town of 31,500 people in Oromiya, Ethiopia.

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Population31,500 GeoNames
RegionOromiya
Elevation1,460 m 4,790 ft
Time zoneAfrica/Addis Ababa
Nearest airportAddis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD) 78 km

About Welench’ītī

Welenchiti (Amharic: ወለንጭቲ) (also transliterated Wolenchite and Aualancheti) is a town in east-central Ethiopia. Located in the Misraq (East) Shewa Zone of the Oromia Region, this town has a longitude and latitude of 8°40′N 39°26′E and an elevation of 1436 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Boset woreda.

From the Wikipedia article Welenchiti (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting there and nearby towns

Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 78 km away.

  • Nazrēt 22 km southwest, about 22 min by car
  • Wenjī 29 km southwest, about 29 min by car
  • Wonji 33 km southwest, about 33 min by car
  • Mojo 35 km west, about 35 min by car
  • Sīrē 39 km south, about 39 min by car
  • Bishoftu 51 km west, about 51 min by car
  • Huruta 58 km south, about 58 min by car
  • Metahāra 59 km northeast, about 59 min by car
  • Īteya 63 km south, about 1 h by car
  • Addis Ababa 85 km northwest, about 1 h 30 min by car

Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.

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