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Also known as Goba Town

Goba (Oromo: '''', Amharic: ጎባ) is a town and separate woreda located in the Bale Zone of the Oromia Region, Ethiopia, approximately southeast of Addis Ababa, this city has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation of above sea level.

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Place details

Locality
Goba
Region
ኦሮሚያ ክልል Oromia أوروميا
Country
ኢትዮጵያ
Population
66,500
Timezone
Africa/Addis_Ababa

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Goba
Settlement.other_name
Bale Goba
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.image_skyline
Men at work in Goba.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Photo taken while in Goba Wednesday Market
Settlement.pushpin_map
Ethiopia#Africa#Earth
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location within Ethiopia
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Ethiopia
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Oromia
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Zone
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Bale
Settlement.subdivision_type3
District
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Goba
Settlement.leader_title
Current Mayor
Settlement.leader_name
Shimels Alemu

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Wikidata facts

Population
32025
Area
20.15
Elevation
2682
Image
Men at work in Goba.jpg
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Goba
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Ethiopian Airlines has a scheduled flight four times a week connecting Goba to the capital Addis Ababa and to the southern city Arba Minch.

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