Kolfe Keranio
Kolfe Keranio, also spelled Kolfe Keraneo or simply Kolfe, is a district (sub-city) of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Kolfe Keranio, also spelled Kolfe Keraneo or simply Kolfe, is a district (sub-city) of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. As of 2011 its population was 546,219.
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Worth seeing in and around Kolfe Keranio
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Abebe Bikila Stadium
Abebe Bikila Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is currently used mostly for football matches, on club level it was used by Dedebit F.C. of the Ethiopian Premier League.
3.8 km · building in Ethiopia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kolfe Keranio
- Airports
- Addis Ababa Bole (ADD), 11 km · Hawassa (AWA), 215 km
- Stations
- Lideta Army Airport, 2.5 km
- Hawassa → Kolfe Keranio220 km · quickest by road, 4h 28m · Br930–1,240
- Dire Dawa → Kolfe Keranio354 km · quickest by air, 4h 3m · Br5,910–9,160
- Jijiga → Kolfe Keranio453 km · quickest by air, 4h 41m · Br6,910–10,720
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No local-transport research exists yet for Kolfe Keranio
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kolfe Keranio. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundBlue and white minibuses Blue and white minibuses/taxis travel quite efficiently around town.
- Get aroundTo catch a minibus, stand on the side of the road and hail it.
- Get aroundIt is worth having an Ethiopian guide with you if it is your first time using these taxis, since it can be quite chaotic to find out what minibuses go where, and from what places.
- Go nextAdama is accessible by bus and train, from there minibuses go to Sodere.
- Go nextIt's the only other chartered city in the country.
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Next door to Kolfe Keranio
Kolfe Keranio is 5 km from Addis Ababa, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Addis Ketemadistrict of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia3.7 km
- LidetaDistrict of Addis Ababa3.1 km