Goba

Goba Gobbaa (Oromo) ጎባ (Amharic) Bale Goba
Town
Photo taken while in Goba Wednesday Market
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Coordinates: 7°0′N 39°59′E / 7.000°N 39.983°E / 7.000; 39.983
Country	Ethiopia
Region	Oromia
Zone	Bale
District	Goba
Founded	1892
Founded by	Asfaw Dargy (Former Bale Province administer)
First Mayor	Blata Cheru (1945)
Government
• Current Mayor	Shimels Alemu
Area
• Land	26.79 km2 (10.345 sq mi)
Elevation	2,743 m (8,999 ft)
Population  (2016)
• Town	54,630
• Density	2,085/km2 (5,400/sq mi)
• Urban	49,309
• Metro	70,810
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
Post Code	4540
Area code	(+251) 22
Climate	Cwb

Goba (Oromo: Gobbaa, 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 7°0′N 39°59′E / 7.000°N 39.983°E / 7.000; 39.983 and an elevation of 2,743 meters above sea level.

The town is known for its Wednesday market and for honey, basketry and cotton shawl making; Bale National Park is 10 km to the southwest. A few kilometers outside of Goba are the remains of an old rock church.^[1] Goba shares Robe Airport (ICAO code HAGB, IATA GOB) with neighbouring Robe.

Ethiopian Airlines has a scheduled flight four times a week connecting Goba to the capital Addis Ababa and to the southern city Arba Minch.