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City profile · Ethiopia · Africa

Welk’īt’ē

City population
77,500
#42
in Ethiopia
#3
in Central Ethiopia Regional State
#7,437
worldwide
Addis AbabaWelk’īt’ē
8.283, 37.783 · 134 km from Addis Ababa
City population
77,500
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Ethiopia
#42
of 232 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#7,437
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Ethiopia
0.1%
of the national population

About Welk’īt’ē

Welk’īt’ē is a city in Central Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia with a population of 77,500. It is the 42nd largest of the 232 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Ethiopia, and the 7,437th largest worldwide. It lies 134 km from Addis Ababa.

Position in Ethiopia
#42of 232
LargestSmallest
Position in Central Ethiopia Regional State
#3of 13
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Rank in region
#3of 13
Distance to capital
to Addis Ababa
Elevation
1,855 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Addis_Ababa
Coordinates
8.283, 37.783
Record updated
2024-06-06
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 232 in Ethiopia

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

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