Yabelo

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Yabelo (also spelled Yavello, Iavello) is a town in southern Ethiopia. Located northwest of Moyale in the Borena Zone of the Oromia Region (or kilil), this town has a longitude and latitude of 4°53′N, 38°5′E.

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Yabelo has an estimated total population of 18,478 of whom 9,551 were males and 8,927 were females.^[1] According to the 1994 national census, 10,322 people lived there.

Yabelo is near the Yabelo Wildlife Sanctuary, which is known as a habitat of birds and Swayne's Hartebeest.