South Wollo (Amharic: ደቡብ ወሎ) is a zone in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia.

South Wollo is bordered on the south by North Shewa and the Oromia Special Zone (Amhara), on the west by East Gojjam, on the northwest by South Gondar, on the north by North Wollo, on the northeast by Afar Region, and on the east by the Oromia Special Zone and the Argobba special woreda.

Its highest point is Mount Tabor in Amhara Sayint, 4247 meter above sea level.

Cities in South Wollo include Kombolcha, Hayq, Dessie, Wuchale and Wurgessa.

[2] Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this Zone has a total population of 4,518,862, an increase of 18.60% over the 1994 census, of whom 1,248,698 are men and 1,270,164 women; with an area of 17,067.45 square kilometers, South Wollo has a population density of 147.58.