Kele is a town in southern Ethiopia, and is the administrative center of the Amaro special woreda. Located in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region southeast of Lake Abaya, this town has a latitude and longitude of with an altitude of 1424 meters above sea level. The name of this town, "Kele", comes from the Oromo word for the gate in a thorn hedge; the concept of kela as a customs post on the border of a province was taken over by the Oromo invaders from the Sidama peoples who previously dominated southern Ethiopia.