Located in the Dollo Zone of the Somali Region, this town has an elevation between 427 and 530 meters above sea level.

Arthur Donaldson Smith records he visited Geladin (which he also calls "Bari") in January 1895, which he estimated had 3,000 inhabitants at the time.

[2] By 1932, the Italians had built a road from Danot to Geladin over terrain that officially lay within Ethiopian territory.

[3] Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this town has an estimated total population of 10,795, of whom 5,961 are men and 4,834 are women.

[4] The 1997 census reported this town had a total population of 7,233 of whom 3,938 were men and 3,295 women.