Sabata ( Oromo: ''Sabbataa'') is a town in the

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of the

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. The Sabataa School for the Blind is located in Sabata. It became part of the Haile Selassie I Foundation in 1959, and construction on a new building began on 4 October 1962."Local History in Ethiopia"
The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 28 November 2007) The

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opened a research station in Sabata in 1967, which operates as the national center for research into improving

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yields.

History

A plot to kill the Emperor near Sabata with a

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in the road was discovered on 16 November 1969. Eight people were arrested, and the leader, 76-year-old Tekle Wolde Hawariat, killed himself next day after a gun battle with police at his home in

Addis Ababa Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also known as , lit. "natural spring" in Oromo), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is also served as major administrative center of the Oromia Region. In the 2007 census, t ...

. He was mentioned without dishonor in the Ethiopian media because of his valuable service to the country in previous years. A congregation of the

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was established in 1979. The congregation's church was burnt by a mob in April 1994, and the leaders of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church afterwards failed to condemn the act.

Demographics

The 2007 national census reported a total population for Sabata of 49,331, of whom 24,356 were men and 24,975 were women. The majority of the inhabitants said they practised

Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ( am, የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን, ''Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan'') is the largest of the Oriental Orthodox Churches. One of the few Chri ...

, with 71.1% of the population reporting they observed this belief, while 16.87% of the population were Muslim, and 11.18% were

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.''2007 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region'', Vol. 1
Tables 2.1, 2.5, 3.4 (accessed 13 January 2012) According to the 1994 national census, the town had a population of 14,100.

Notes

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