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Wolayita.pptx
1. Wolayita or Wolaita is an administrative zone in Ethiopia. It is named
for the Welayta people, whose homeland is in the zone. Wolayita is
bordered on the south by Gamo Gofa, on the west by the Omo
River which separates it from Dawro, on the northwest by Kembata
Tembaro, on the north by Hadiya, on the northeast by the Oromia
Region, on the east by the Bilate River which separates it from Sidama
Region, and on the south east by the Lake Abaya which separates it
from Oromia Region. The administrative centre of Wolayita is Sodo.
Other major towns
are Areka, Boditi, Tebela, Bele, Gesuba, Gununo, Bedessa and Dimtu.[3
]
Wolayita has 358 kilometres (222 mi) of all-weather roads and 425
kilometres (264 mi) of dry-weather roads, for an average road density
of 187 kilometres per 1000 square kilometres.[4] Its highest point
is Mount Damota (2738 meters).