Goba

Goba
Bale Goba
Town
Photo taken while in Goba Wednesday Market
Photo taken while in Goba Wednesday Market
Goba is located in Ethiopia
Goba
Goba
Location within Ethiopia
Goba is located in Africa
Goba
Goba
Goba (Africa)
Goba is located in Earth
Goba
Goba
Goba (Earth)
Coordinates: 7°0′N 39°59′E / 7.000°N 39.983°E / 7.000; 39.983
CountryEthiopiaEthiopia
RegionOromia RegionOromia
ZoneBale
DistrictGoba
Founded1892
Founded byAsfaw Dargy (Former Bale Province administer)
First MayorBlata Cheru (1945)
Government
 • Current MayorShimels Alemu
Area
 • Land26.79 km2 (10.345 sq mi)
Elevation
2,743 m (8,999 ft)
Population
 (2016)
 • Town
54,630
 • Density2,085/km2 (5,400/sq mi)
 • Urban
49,309
 • Metro
70,810
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
Post Code
4540
Area code(+251) 22
ClimateCwb

Goba (Oromo: Gobbaa, Amharic: ጎባ) is a town and separate woreda located in the Bale Zone of the Oromia Region, Ethiopia approximately 446 km southeast of Addis Ababa, this city has a latitude and longitude of 7°0′N 39°59′E / 7.000°N 39.983°E / 7.000; 39.983 and an elevation of 2,743 meters above sea level.

The town is known for its Wednesday market and for honey, basketry and cotton shawl making; Bale National Park is 10 km to the southwest. A few kilometers outside of Goba are the remains of an old rock church.[1] Goba shares Robe Airport (ICAO code HAGB, IATA GOB) with neighbouring Robe.

Ethiopian Airlines has a scheduled flight four times a week connecting Goba to the capital Addis Ababa and to the southern city Arba Minch.

  1. ^ Camerapix, Spectrum Guide to Ethiopia (Brooklyn: Interlink, 2000), p. 154

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