Goba

Goba is a town and separate woreda in south-relevant Ethiopia. located within the Bale quarter of the Oromia area about 446 km southeast of Addis Ababa, this town has a latitude and longitude of 7°0′N 39°59′E and an elevation of two,743 meters above sea level. The city is understood for its Wednesday marketplace and for honey, basketry and cotton shawl making; Bale national Park is 10 km to the southwest. some kilometers outdoor of Goba are the stays of an antique rock church. Goba shares gown Airport with neighbouring gown. Ethiopian airlines has a scheduled flight 4 instances per week connecting Goba to the capital Addis Ababa and to the southern metropolis Arba Minch.

Arnold Weinholt Hodson visited Goba at the same time as he turned into the British resident in southern Ethiopia, briefly describing it as a "large garrison town." Goba changed into the capital of the former Bale Province, until the province changed into abolished with the adoption of the new charter in 1995. A phone line related Goba to Addis Ababa as a minimum as early as 1936. at some point of the Bale rebel, rebels attacked the capital two times among November 1965 and March 1966.