diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/config/eims.config.spec.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/config/eims.config.spec.ts
index 60ee33e1b..127b3ea62 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/config/eims.config.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/config/eims.config.spec.ts
@@ -113,4 +113,19 @@ describe("eims.config — baked-in Ethiopia region/zone/woreda codes", () => {
       },
     );
   });
+
+  it("resolves the bare Addis Ababa sub-city name a buyer profile actually stores, not the CSV's example-woreda name", () => {
+    withEnv(
+      { ...REQUIRED, EIMS_PRIVATE_KEY: "x", EIMS_CERTIFICATE_PATH: "/dev/null" },
+      () => {
+        const codes = eimsConfigFactory().invoice.buyerWeredaCodes;
+        expect(codes.Bole).toBe("01");
+        expect(codes.Arada).toBe("01");
+        expect(codes.Kirkos).toBe("01");
+        expect(codes.Yeka).toBe("01");
+        expect(codes["Nifas Silk Lafto"]).toBe("13");
+        expect(codes["Nefas Silk-Lafto"]).toBe("13");
+      },
+    );
+  });
 });
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/config/ethiopia-geo-codes.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/config/ethiopia-geo-codes.ts
index f7257e045..ca48a7c5f 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/config/ethiopia-geo-codes.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/config/ethiopia-geo-codes.ts
@@ -137,3 +137,24 @@ export const ETHIOPIA_REGION_CODES: Record<string, string> = buildMap((r) => [r[
 /** Zone name → code. Fed into `buyerCityCodes` — EIMS's "City" is really the buyer's zone. */
 export const ETHIOPIA_ZONE_CODES: Record<string, string> = buildMap((r) => [r[1], r[4]]);
 export const ETHIOPIA_WOREDA_CODES: Record<string, string> = buildMap((r) => [r[2], r[5]]);
+
+/**
+ * Buyer records commonly store just the bare Addis Ababa sub-city name ("Bole", "Arada") as their
+ * woreda, not the source CSV's specific example-woreda name ("Bole Woreda 01") — confirmed live
+ * 2026-08-17 across three different buyers before any of them actually got past this check. Since
+ * the CSV lists exactly one representative woreda per Addis sub-city, alias the bare name to that
+ * same code rather than wait on a fuller table.
+ */
+const ADDIS_SUBCITY_ALIASES: Array<[bareName: string, csvZoneName: string]> = [
+  ["Bole", "Bole Sub-City"],
+  ["Kirkos", "Kirkos Sub-City"],
+  ["Nifas Silk Lafto", "Nifas Silk Lafto"],
+  // Matches EIMS_BUYER_WEREDA_CODES' own existing spelling in .env — same zone, different hyphenation.
+  ["Nefas Silk-Lafto", "Nifas Silk Lafto"],
+  ["Yeka", "Yeka Sub-City"],
+  ["Arada", "Arada Sub-City"],
+];
+for (const [bareName, csvZoneName] of ADDIS_SUBCITY_ALIASES) {
+  const row = ROWS.find((r) => r[1] === csvZoneName);
+  if (row && !(bareName in ETHIOPIA_WOREDA_CODES)) ETHIOPIA_WOREDA_CODES[bareName] = row[5];
+}