Bako Tibe is one of the Aanaas, or districts, in the Oromia region of Ethiopia.
The all-weather highway which links Nekemte to the capital city Addis Ababa runs through all three towns in this woreda.
A survey of the land in Bako Tibe shows that 54.25% is arable or cultivable, 23.98% pasture, 5.12% forest, and 16.65% infrastructure or other uses.
[4] Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 133,799, of whom 68,401 are men and 65,398 are women; 28,294 or 21.15% of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 12.3%.
A plurality of the inhabitants professed Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 44.79% of the population reporting they practiced that belief, while 22.37% of the population said they were Protestant, 19.31% practiced traditional beliefs, 2 9.23% were Muslim, and 0.98% were Catholic.