This research was conducted to analyze the land use land cover changes (LULC) for thernHosaena town. For any LULC change analysis acquisition of multi temporal data is vital inrnorder to detect the changes over the time. For this purpose satellite images (Landsat 2000,rn2010 and 2018) have been used for retrieving information, adopting image classification method.rnIn addition accuracy analysis has been done by comparing the reference data withrnthe classification results to evaluate the effectiveness of the image classification .rnThe changes between the defined years was evaluated using land use Land cover maps thatrnbelongs to different years adopting cross tabulation and overlay analysis methods., The resultrnindicates that the main changes in the study area were the transformation of Agriculturalrnlands and Grass land were converted into Built up lands in the study area. Accordingly,rnaround 96.6 ha of area of Agricultural land were transformed to build up in the last two decades.rnThe results of this specific study have shown that remote sensing and geographic informationrnsystem were important tools to studies land use and land cover change. Therefore,rnbased on the findings of this study, the following recommendations are recommended.rnThe use of course imagery does not fit for high level of accuracy of urban features as they arerncomplex and heterogonous. Hence, adopt high resolution imageries such as IKONOS andrnQuick Bird for generating quality land cover maps. Hence, the output of detailed maps isrnimportant to the planners, decision makers and stakeholders for efficient utilization of land.