Bedele

Bedele (also known as Buno Bedele) is a town in south-western Ethiopia, headquarters of the Buno Bedele Zone of the Oromia Region, about 433 km from Addis Ababa. It is best known nationally as home to Bedele Brewery, founded in 1993 as a state-owned brewer and acquired by Heineken in 2011; the brewery has an annual production capacity of 550,000 hectoliters, employs over 200 people, and makes several of Ethiopia's well-known beer brands (including Bedele and Walia). Otherwise the town functions as a market and administrative center for the surrounding agricultural communities of the coffee- and grain-growing western highlands.

By road, about 433 km south-west of Addis Ababa in the Buno Bedele Zone.

Walkable town center.

• Bedele Brewery: headquarters of one of Ethiopia's best-known beer brands, in operation since 1993.

Bedele beer, brewed locally, is available throughout the town.

Local produce from the surrounding coffee- and grain-growing region.

• Addis Ababa — the national capital, to the east.