Worabe, Ethiopia
Worabe is a town of 25,400 people in Central Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia.
Weather in Worabe
Forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0). Full forecast
About Worabe
Werabe (allegedly from the Silti word for "Hyena") is a town in south-central Ethiopia. Official sources locate this town in the Silte Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR), although it is reported that at a referendum in 2000 the Silt'e people unanimously voted to form their own Zone, Silt'e, which includes Werabe. The town has a latitude and longitude of 8°1′N 38°20′E with an elevation of 2,113 meters (6,932 ft) above sea level.
From the Wikipedia article Worabe (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
History
The first recorded mention of Worabe dates to 1583/1584 (1584), during the reign of Emperor Sarsa Dengel, when members of the Oromo people arrived in the area and began to besiege Worabe and Fanfara.
A German ethnographic expedition visited this town in April 1935. They found a big town on a flat hill, with a small lake to the east and fields which were likely to get waterlogged in the rainy season, as well as ancient decorated monoliths in the neighbourhood, which were first described by Père Azaïs, who had travelled in the area in the 1920s, but the later German expedition failed to find two of the most important monuments. Local people thought they had been moved to Addis Ababa, but they could not be traced there.
From the History section of Worabe on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Map of Worabe
0 places. The map loads OpenStreetMap tiles when you open it.
Getting there and nearby towns
Hawassa Airport (AWA) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 87 km away.
- Ciro 6 km east, about 6 min by car
- Butajīra 36 km northeast, about 36 min by car
- Insēno 39 km northeast, about 39 min by car
- Hosa’ina 50 km southwest, about 50 min by car
- Ziway 59 km east, about 59 min by car
- K’olīto 61 km south, about 1 h by car
- Damboya 62 km southwest, about 1 h by car
- Welk’īt’ē 65 km northwest, about 1 h by car
- Arsi Negele 77 km southeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Mek’ī 77 km northeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
Headlines from INDB.
Reviews, tips and questions
Loading what members have shared...
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
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- ISS030-E-98181 - View of Ethiopia, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
Page built November 4, 2026. Spotted a mistake? Tell us or suggest a place.