1.1 Location

Robe town is located in Oromia National Regional State, in Bale Zone, Robe Woreda, at a distance of 430 km from Addis Ababa. Its astronomical location is 7⁰ 3’ 30” - 7⁰ 10’ 45” North Latitude, and 34⁰ 57’ 38”- 40⁰ 2’ 38” East Longitude.

1.2 Foundation

Robe town was founded in 1930. Robe is one of the reform towns in the region and has a

town administration, municipality and three kebelles. Currently the town is categorized in 2B.