Robe, also called Bale Robe, is a town in south-central
Oromia Region
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,
Ethiopia
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. Located in the
Bale Zone
Bale Zone (Oromo language, Oromo: Godina ''Baalee'') is a Zones of Ethiopia, zone in Oromia Region of Ethiopia.
Bale is bordered on the south by the Ganale Dorya River which separates it from Guji Zone, on the west by the Shashamane, on the nort ...
, this town has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of above sea level.
It is located about 430 kilometres by road from the capital
Addis Ababa
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.
Robe shares
Robe Airport (
ICAO
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code HAGB,
IATA
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GOB) with neighboring
Goba
Goba ( Oromo: ', 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 and an elevation of 2,743 ...
. Ethiopian Airlines has a scheduled flight four times a week connecting it to the capital Addis Ababa and to the southern city Arba Minch.
The main market day is Thursday, with a smaller market working on Tuesdays and Sundays at another place in the town. Notable tourist attractions include the
Sof Omar Caves, which lie to the east.
["Local History in Ethiopia"]
(pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 26 November 2007)
Climate
Demographics
The 2007 national census reported a total population for Robe of 44,382, of whom 22,543 were men and 21,839 were women. The plurality of inhabitants said they were
Muslim
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, with 80% of the population reporting they observed this belief, while 15% of the population practised
Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity
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and 5% were
Protestant
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.
''2007 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region'', Vol. 1
, Tables 2.1, 2.5, 3.4 (accessed 13 January 2012)
The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 21,516 of whom 10,462 were males and 11,054 were females.
Education
Records at the Nordic Africa Institute website provide details of a primary school in Robe in 1968.[
List of Primary schools in Robe Town: Ali Birra Primary School, Madda Walabu Primary School, Kibxate Primary School, Robe Gelema Primary School, Zeybela Primary School, and General Umar Suleyman Primary School
Numbers of secondary Schools in Bale Robe Town=5;
Robe Secondary School, Robe Gelema Secondary School, Madda Walabu Secondary School, General Wako Gutu Secondary School, and General Umar Suleyman Secondary School
and has one preparatory school which is called Robe preparatory School.
As of 2013, there are schools for secondary education in Bale Robe.
There is also a teachers-training college, and university here called Madawalabu University.
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Transportation
The main mode of transport within the town is called a Bajaj.
Notes
Populated places in the Oromia
Cities and towns in Ethiopia
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