Bedele is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Illubabor Zone, Bedele is bordered on the south by Gechi, on the southwest by Chora, on the west by Dega, on the north by the southern exclave of the Benishangul-Gumaz Region, on the northeast by the Didessa River which separates it from the Misraq Welega Zone, and on the southeast by Gechi. Towns in Bedele include Bedele and Kone.