Aleta Wendo

Aleta Wendo
Town
Aleta Wendo
Location within Ethiopia
Coordinates: 6°36′N 38°25′E / 6.600°N 38.417°E / 6.600; 38.417
CountryEthiopia
RegionSidama
Elevation
2,037 m (6,683 ft)
Population
 (2005)
  Total
20,513
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
ClimateCfb

Aleta Wendo (also known as Wendo) is a town in southern Ethiopia. Located in a fertile and forested area near Lake Abaya in the upper Gidabo River basin, not far from the sources of the Ganale Dorya and Dawa Rivers in the Aleta Wendo Zone of the Sidama Regional State, this town has a longitude and latitude of 6°36′N 38°25′E / 6.600°N 38.417°E / 6.600; 38.417 with an elevation of 2037 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Aleta Wendo woreda.

This town has both telephone and postal service, and is supplied with electricity by the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation from the national grid.