Goba
Goba
Bale Goba | |
|---|---|
Town | |
Photo taken while in Goba Wednesday Market | |
| Coordinates: 7°0′N 39°59′E / 7.000°N 39.983°E | |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Region | Oromia |
| Zone | Bale |
| District | Goba |
| Founded | 1892 |
| Founded by | Asfaw Dargy (Former Bale Province administer) |
| First Mayor | Blata Cheru (1945) |
| Government | |
| • Current Mayor | Shimels Alemu |
| Area | |
| • Land | 26.79 km2 (10.345 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,743 m (8,999 ft) |
| Population (2016) | |
• Town | 54,630 |
| • Density | 2,085/km2 (5,400/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 49,309 |
| • Metro | 70,810 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
| Post Code | 4540 |
| Area code | (+251) 22 |
| Climate | Cwb |
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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 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. 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.