Worabe

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title: "Worabe" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-the-southern-nations,-nationalities,-and-peoples'-region"] topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-the-southern-nations-nationalities-and-peoples-region" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worabe" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
official_name	Werabe
native_name
dot_x
pushpin_map	Ethiopia
pushpin_label_position	right
pushpin_map_caption	Location within Ethiopia
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Ethiopia
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region
subdivision_type2	Zone
subdivision_name2	Silte
leader_title1
established_title2
established_title3
unit_pref
area_total_km2
area_land_km2
population_as_of	2005
population_total	1,250k
timezone	EAT
utc_offset	+3
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	2113
postal_code_type
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|postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = Werabe (allegedly from the Silti word for "Hyena") is a town in south-central Ethiopia. Official sources locate this town in the Silte Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR), although it is reported that at a referendum in 2000 the Silt'e people unanimously voted to form their own Zone, Silt'e, which includes Werabe. The town has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 2113 m above sea level.

According to the Central's Bureau of Finance and Economic Development, Werabe amenities include digital telephone access, postal service, and 24-hour electrical service. Werabe has nearly 120,000 people Capital of silte zone Near to lakes with best sand used for construction of buildings in central ethiopia

History

The first recorded mention of Worabe dates to 1583/, during the reign of Emperor Sarsa Dengel, when members of the Oromo people arrived in the area and began to besiege Worabe and Fanfara.

A German ethnographic expedition visited this town in April 1935. They found a big town on a flat hill, with a small lake to the east and fields which were likely to get waterlogged in the rainy season, as well as ancient decorated monoliths in the neighbourhood, which were first described by Père Azaïs, who had travelled in the area in the 1920s, but the later German expedition failed to find two of the most important monuments. Local people thought they had been moved to Addis Ababa, but they could not be traced there.

Demographics

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Werabe has an estimated total population of 1,250 of whom 668 are men and 582 are women. The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 690 of whom 370 were males and 320 were females. It is one of three towns in Silte woreda.

Notes

References

2. [http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/vw/ORTWI.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia, Wib Hamer - Wyrambo"] The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 18 December 2007)
3. [http://www.snnprbofed.gov.et/Reports/Hotel%20and%20Tourism.xls "Detailed statistics on hotels and tourism"] {{Webarchive. link. (2011-05-31 , Bureau of Finance and Economic Development website (accessed 4 September 2009))
4. [http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/vw/ORTWEN.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia, Wenaga - White"] {{Webarchive. link. (2007-09-27 The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 18 December 2007))
5. [http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/s/ORTSHO.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia, Shoan Terara - Snoch"] The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 18 December 2007)
6. [http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics], Table B.4

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