Werabe (allegedly from the Silti word for "Hyena"[1]) is a town in south-central Ethiopia.

The town has a latitude and longitude of 8°1′N 38°20′E / 8.017°N 38.333°E / 8.017; 38.333 with an elevation of 2,113 meters (6,932 ft) above sea level.

[2] Werabe has nearly 120,000 people Capital of silte zone Near to lakes with best sand used for construction of buildings in central ethiopia The first recorded mention of Worabe dates to 1583/1584 (441 years ago) (1584), during the reign of Emperor Sarsa Dengel, when members of the Oromo people arrived in the area and began to besiege Worabe and Fanfara.

They found a big town on a flat hill, with a small lake to the east and fields which were likely to get waterlogged in the rainy season, as well as ancient decorated monoliths in the neighbourhood, which were first described by Père Azaïs, who had travelled in the area in the 1920s, but the later German expedition failed to find two of the most important monuments.

[4] Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Werabe has an estimated total population of 1,250 of whom 668 are men and 582 are women.