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Walmara (Oromo: Walmaraa) is a district in the Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne, Oromia Region, Ethiopia. It is bordered on the south by the Sebeta Hawas, on the west by West Shewa Zone, on the north by Mulo, on the northeast by the Sululta, and on the east by the city of Addis Ababa. Towns in Walmara include Kolobo and Holeta.
The highest point in this woreda is Mount Sabata (3,191 meters), located in the southern part of the district. The Sebeta Hawas National Forest covers the southern and western slopes of this mountain; it is 2500 hectares in size.[1] Other notable peaks include Mount Sabata (between 2800 and 2900 meters).
- ^ Philip Briggs, Ethiopia: The Bradt Travel Guide, 3rd edition (Chalfont St Peters: Bradt, 2002), pp. 481f.