Were Ilu (Amharic: ወረ ኃይሉ?; Oromo: Warra Illu) is a town in north-central Ethiopia. Located in the Debub Wollo Zone of the Amhara Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 10°36′N 39°26′E. From the 1870s, Were Ilu had a Thursday market.The Medhane Alem church, dating from at least from the early 1900s, is a notable local landmark.