Dale is one of the 77 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Sidama Zone located in the Great Rift Valley, Dale is bordered on the south by the Oromia Region, on the west by the Bilate River which separates it from the Semien Omo Zone, on the north by Shebedino, on the east by Arbegona and Hula, and on the east by Aleta Wendo. The major town in Dale is Yirgalem.