Infrastructure

Regarding infrastructure, the town has asphalt and gravel roads connecting it to different woredas, zones, regions and Addis Ababa. The distribution of roads as per the type of construction materials shows that, there are 250km gravel, 35km asphalt, 250km earth pressed and 26.79 km cobble stone roads. In addition to these; the town gets 24 hours electric supply from the national grid, mobile and fixed telephone lines and internet services. The main water supply source is potable underground water distributed with pipe network system and 18 public water points. The town has open ditch system to discharge storm water.

Housing

There are 27,726 private and government owned houses built of mud and wood while wood, stone, sand, and Hollow Concrete Block are widely available construction materials in the town.

Transport

There is daily inter-urban transport service to and from five towns. 11 Bajaj and 84 minibus taxis and 85 horse-drown carts are the main intra-urban transport service.