Alaba is a special woreda in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. It is named after the Alaba people, and covers part of their homeland. Located in the Great Rift Valley, Alaba is bordered on the south by an exclave of Hadiya Zone, on the southwest by the Kembata Tembaro Zone, on the west and north by Hadiya Zone, on the north east by Lake Shala, and on the east by Oromia Region; the Bilate River, which is its major body of water, defines its western boundary.