Wendo, Ethiopia
| Aleta Wendo | |
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 Aleta Wendo
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| Coordinates: 6°36′N 38°25′E / 6.600°N 38.417°ECoordinates: 6°36′N 38°25′E / 6.600°N 38.417°E | |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Region | Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' |
| Zone | Sidama |
| Elevation | 2,037 m (6,683 ft) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 20,513 |
| Time zone | EAT (UTC+3) |
| Climate | Cfb |
Aleta Wendo (also known as Wendo) is a town in southern Ethiopia. Located in a fertile and forested area near Lake Abaya, not far from the sources of the Ganale Dorya and Dawa Rivers in the Sidama Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region, this town has a longitude and latitude of 6°36′N 38°25′E / 6.600°N 38.417°E with an elevation of 2037 meters above sea level. It is administrative center of Aleta Wendo woreda.
This town has both telephone and postal service, and is supplied with electricity by the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation from the national grid.
Dejazmach Balcha Safo, Governor of Sidamo, originally constructed his ketema or fortified camp in Wendo, but he later moved it to Hagere Selam. While passing through the area February 1909, Dr. Drake Brockman notes that the governor of Western Sidamo, Dejazmach Tessema Nadew made this town (which he calls "Alata") his headquarters. American naturalists arrived at the Wendo village 29 December 1926, and camping outside the village for a while. Grazmach Kebede Dihala Mikael, the village potentate, implored them to camp near his house, explaining that there were plenty of shiftas or outlaws in the area.
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