Wuchale (Amharic: ውጫሌ), also spelled Uccialli, is a town in northern Ethiopia.
Located about 40 km north of Dessie in the Debub Wollo Zone of the Amhara Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 11°30′N 39°36′E / 11.500°N 39.600°E / 11.500; 39.600 and an elevation of 1711 m. It is the largest settlement in Ambassel woreda and is located along Ethiopian Highway 2.
The two countries came to an agreement known as the Treaty of Wuchale, which was written in two languages, Amharic and Italian, and signed on 2 May.
[4] Writing a few years later, Augustus B. Wylde described the Wuchale market, held on Mondays, as a small one.
[5] Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Wuchale has an estimated total population of 6,811 of whom 3,326 are men and 3,485 are women.