[1] Located northwest of Moyale in the Borena Zone of the Oromia, this town has a latitude and longitude of 4°53′N 38°5′E / 4.883°N 38.083°E / 4.883; 38.083 and an elevation of 1857 meters above sea level.

This town is reported to have ten gas stations, telephone service, a post office and a commercial bank, as well as at least one primary and one secondary school.

[3] Yabelo was entered by the Italian Laghi Division on 11 July 1936, but more formally occupied on 6 August 1936 by troops under the command of Giorgio Pollera.

The hangar the Italians had built at Yabelo was dismantled in 1952, and transported to Bishoftu by air, where it was re-erected to house the newly acquired Fairey Firefly airplanes from Canada.

[1] In June 2004, a Rally of Pastoral Clans was held under the acacia trees of the SARDU compound in Yabelo, which included representatives from the Borena, Guji, Gabbra, Arsi and Marian clans in Dire, Liben and Moyale woredas; other attendees included government officials such as Obbo Kibre Jimmera, deputy chairman of the Parliamentary Pastoralist Affairs Standing Committee.

[4] Land clashes in June 2006 between the rival Guji and Borena Oromo clans left about 100 people dead in and around the towns of Yabelo, Arero and Shakiso.