Nifas Silk-Lafto
Nifas Silk-Lafto, also spelled Niffassilk Lafto or Nefassilk Lafto, is a district (sub-city) of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Nifas Silk-Lafto, also spelled Niffassilk Lafto or Nefassilk Lafto, is a district (sub-city) of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. As of 2011 its population was of 335,740.
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Getting to Nifas Silk-Lafto
- Airports
- Addis Ababa Bole (ADD), 8 km · Hawassa (AWA), 210 km
- Hawassa → Nifas Silk-Lafto212 km · quickest by road, 4h 12m · Br880–1,180
- Dire Dawa → Nifas Silk-Lafto351 km · quickest by air, 3h 51m · Br5,730–8,880
- Jijiga → Nifas Silk-Lafto449 km · quickest by air, 4h 29m · Br6,730–10,440
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No local-transport research exists yet for Nifas Silk-Lafto
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 Nifas Silk-Lafto. 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.
From Wikivoyage: Addis Ababa, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Nifas Silk-Lafto
Nifas Silk-Lafto is 7 km from Addis Ababa, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.