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5.1 Infrastructure

Regarding infrastructure the town has two main gravel roads connecting it to different weredas in the zone, surrounding zones, Addis Ababa and Gambella.

 

The town gets 24 hours electric supply from the national grid, and has wireless, mobile and fixed telephone lines, internet services, and a postal service with 270 boxes out of which, only 122 boxes are rented. The water supply source of the town is Borle River and water is distributed through piped network.

 

5.2 Housing

There are 6,862 private and government owned houses in the town. There is housing backlog of 359 in the town. The available construction materials in the town are wood, mud, and black stone.

 

5.3 Transport

There is daily inter-urban transport service to and from 13 main towns. The town has a bus station for incoming and outgoing passengers.