Why visit Ziway
Townapedia lists 1 museum or landmark, 1 park or trail, 3 places to eat and 7 places to stay in and around town.
Weather in Ziway
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About Ziway
Batu, formally known by its exonym Zway or Ziway, is a town and woreda on the road connecting Addis Ababa to Nairobi in the East Shewa Zone of Ethiopia. Zeway has a latitude and longitude of 7°56′N 38°43′E with an elevation of 1,643 meters above sea level.
From the Wikipedia article Batu (town) (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Travel tips from other travellers: Ziway on Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Museums and landmarks1
Parks, trails and playgrounds1
Restaurants and cafes3
Where to stay7
Bekele Molla Hotel - Batu
Motel and hotel · 0.9 km
Open in Google Maps · +251 (0) 46 441 40 00 ,+251 (0) 911 51 68 32,+251 (0) 911 61 65 58
Gas and EV charging4
Map of Ziway
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Getting there and nearby towns
Hawassa Airport (AWA) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 99 km away.
- Mek’ī 26 km northeast, about 26 min by car
- Insēno 31 km northwest, about 31 min by car
- Butajīra 44 km northwest, about 44 min by car
- Āsela 46 km east, about 46 min by car
- ‘Alem T’ēna 48 km northeast, about 48 min by car
- Sagurē 52 km southeast, about 52 min by car
- Ciro 54 km west, about 54 min by car
- Dēra 54 km north, about 54 min by car
- Worabe 59 km west, about 59 min by car
- Arsi Negele 65 km south, about 1 h 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
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
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