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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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The entry is geolocated on the map in ET, across 5 mapped points.

Vinony's link graph records 380 inbound references to Goba, and connects out to Amharic, oceanic climate and Ambo.

Vinony files it under Cities and towns in Ethiopia and Populated places in the Oromia.

Vinony links it to 20 Wikipedia language editions.

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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

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Country
Ethiopia
Located in
Bale Zone
Population
32025
Area
20.15
Elevation
2682
Image
Men at work in Goba.jpg
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Goba
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • History
  • Demographics
  • Climate
  • References

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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Goba” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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