 Were Ilu stretches over a number of the ridges and valleys on the southern side of the massif which includes Mount Amba Ferit.Elevations range from about 1700 meters above sea level at the confluence of the Wanchet with its tributary the Sawan at the woreda's southmost point to about 3200 meters on its northern border.The region that now goes by the name of Woreilu originally Bete Giyorgis (ቤተ ጊዮርጊስ) has an illustrious place in Ethiopian political history.