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Sidama Region
The Sidama Region (Sidama language, Sidama: ; ) is a Regions of Ethiopia, regional state in southern Ethiopia. It was formed on 18 June 2020 from the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (SNNPR) and transformation of the Sidama Zone after a 98.52% vote in favour of increased autonomy in the 2019 Sidama Referendum, 2019 Sidama referendum. It is the second smallest regional state in the country, after Harari Region, Harari. Sidama is the name of both the Sidama people, the Sidama language, language, and the territory. Sidama is bordered to the south by the Oromia Region (except for a short stretch in the middle where it shares a border with Gedeo Zone, Gedeo zone, in South Ethiopia Regional State, on the west by the Bilate River, which separates it from Wolayita Zone, and on the north and east by the Oromia, Oromia Region. Towns in Sidama include Hawassa, the capital of Sidama and of SNNPR when it existed, Irgalem, Yirgalem, Wondo Genet, Wondogenet, Chuko, Hula (wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regions Of Ethiopia
Ethiopia is a federation subdivided into ethno-linguistically based regional states (Amharic: plural: ክልሎች ''kililoch''; singular: ክልል ''kilil''; Oromo language, Oromo: singular: ''Naannoo''; plural: ''Naannolee'') and chartered cities (Amharic: plural: አስተዳደር አካባቢዎች ''astedader akababiwoch''; singular: አስተዳደር አካባቢ ''astedader akabibi''). This system of administrative regions replaced the provinces of Ethiopia in 1992. As of August 2023, there are twelve regional states and two chartered cities (Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa). Being based on ethnicity and language, rather than physical geography or history, the regions vary enormously in area and population; the most notable example is the Harari Region, which has a smaller area and population than either of the chartered cities. Governance The regions are each governed by a regional council whose members are directly elected to represent Districts of Ethiopia, woredas ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oromia
Oromia (, ) is a Regions of Ethiopia, regional state in Ethiopia and the homeland of the Oromo people. Under Article 49 of 1995 Constitution of Ethiopia, Ethiopian Constitution, the capital of Oromia is Addis Ababa, also called Finfinne. The provision of the article maintains special interest of Oromia by utilizing social services and natural resources of Addis Ababa. It is bordered by the Somali Region to the east; the Amhara Region, the Afar Region and the Benishangul-Gumuz Region to the north; Dire Dawa to the northeast; the South Sudanese state of Upper Nile (state), Upper Nile, Gambela Region, South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, South West Ethiopia Region, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region and Sidama Region to the west; the Eastern Province (Kenya), Eastern Province of Kenya to the south; as well as Addis Ababa as an enclave surrounded by a Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Addis Ababa, Special Zone in its centre and the Harari Region as an enclave surro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danta People
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Danta may refer to: * Danta, Banaskantha, a town in Banaskantha district, Gujarat, India *Danta, Sikar, a village in Sikar district, Rajasthan, India * Danta people, an ethnic group in Ethiopia *''Dàntǎ'', Chinese for egg tart The egg tart (; ) is a kind of custard tart found in Chinese cuisine, derived from the English custard tart and Portuguese pastel de nata. The dish consists of an outer pastry crust filled with egg custard. Egg tarts are often served at di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kembata Tembaro Zone
Kembata is a zone in the Central Ethiopia Regional State of Ethiopia. It was formerly known as ''Kembata, Alaba and Tembaro'', until Alaba special woreda, Alaba and Tembaro became a woreda, special woreda in 2002 and 2023 respectively. This zone is named after the Kambaata people which gained zonal posture following the establishment of Central Ethiopian region in 2023. The zone is bordered on the south by Wolayita Zone, Wolayita, on the southwest by Dawro Zone, Dawro, on west by Tembaro, Tembaro special woreda, on the northwest by Hadiya Zone, Hadiya, on the north by Gurage Zone, Gurage, on the east by the Alaba special woreda, and on the southeast by an exclave of the Hadiya Zone. The administrative center is Durame; other important towns include Shinshicho. Other local landmarks include the three mountains of Hambaricho Mountain, Ambaricho, Kataa, and Datoo, and the hot springs at Motokoma. The longest river in the area is the Lagabora River, Lagabora which in Kambata language, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halaba People
The Halaba people (or Alaba) are an ethnic group inhabiting the central Ethiopian highlands. The Halaba claim to originate from the Arab cleric, Abadir who settled in Harar. In the middle ages, Halaba were part of the Hadiya state. In the 1400s, their Garad (chief) was in conflict with the Abyssinian monarch Zara Yaqob. They are mostly Muslims but there are also some Christians. A map of the region from 1628 shows a Kingdom of Halaba. They speak Halaba-Kʼabeena which is a member of the Highland East Cushitic languages within the Afroasiatic family. Sidi Mohammed the Garad Garad ( Harari: ገራድ, , , Oromo: ''Garaada'') is a term used to refer to a king, Sultan or regional administrator. It was used primarily by Muslims in the Horn of Africa that were associated with Islamic states, most notably the Adal Sultanat ... of Hadiya is stated to be a forefather for the Halaba people. All cultural issues and living conditions are governed by the Halaba People's unique traditional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derg
The Derg or Dergue (, ), officially the Provisional Military Administrative Council (PMAC), was the military junta that ruled Ethiopia, including present-day Eritrea, from 1974 to 1987, when they formally "Civil government, civilianized" the administration although remained in power until 1991. The Derg was established on 21 June 1974 as the Coordinating Committee of the Armed Forces, Police and Territorial Army, by junior and mid level officers of the Army of the Ethiopian Empire, Imperial Ethiopian Army and members of the Law enforcement in Ethiopia, police. The officers decided everything collectively at first, and selected Mengistu Haile Mariam to chair the proceedings. On 12 September 1974, the Derg 1974 Ethiopian coup d'état, overthrew the Government of the Ethiopian Empire, government of the Ethiopian Empire and Emperor Haile Selassie during nationwide mass protests, and three days later formally renamed itself the Provisional Military Administrative Council. In March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cushitic Languages
The Cushitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They are spoken primarily in the Horn of Africa, with minorities speaking Cushitic languages to the north in Egypt and Sudan, and to the south in Kenya and Tanzania. As of 2012, the Cushitic languages with over one million speakers were Oromo, Somali, Beja, Afar, Hadiyya, Kambaata, and Sidama. Official status The Cushitic languages with the greatest number of total speakers are Oromo (37 million), Somali (22 million), Beja (3.2 million), Sidamo (3 million), and Afar (2 million). Oromo serves as one of the official working languages of Ethiopia and is also the working language of several of the states within the Ethiopian federal system including Oromia, Harari and Dire Dawa regional states and of the Oromia Zone in the Amhara Region. Somali is the first of two official languages of Somalia and three official languages of Somaliland. It also serves as a language of instruction in Djibouti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wendo, Ethiopia
Aleta Wendo (also known as Wendo) is a town in southern Ethiopia. Located in a fertile and forested area near Lake Abaya in the upper Gidabo River basin, not far from the sources of the Ganale Dorya and Dawa Rivers in the Aleta Wendo Zone of the Sidama Regional State, this town has a longitude and latitude of with an elevation of 2037 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Aleta Wendo woreda. This town has both telephone and postal service, and is supplied with electricity by the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation from the national grid. History Dejazmach Balcha Safo, Governor of Sidamo, originally constructed his ''ketema'', or fortified camp, in Wendo, but he later moved it to Hagere Selam."Local History in Ethiopia" The Nordic Africa Institute websit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bensa
Bensa is one of the woredas in Sidama Region of Ethiopia. Daye is the capital city of Eastern Sidaama zone (Soojjaati zoone), also known as Bensa zone. Bensa is one of the more populous woredas in Sidama, extending into the Oromia Region like a peninsula, Bensa is bordered on the south and north by the Oromia Region, with Bona Zuria on the west, Arbegona on the northwest, Chire on the east, and Aroresa on the southeast. The major town in Bensa is Daye. According to a 2004 report, Bensa had 101 kilometers of all-weather roads and no kilometers of dry-weather roads, for an average road density of 125 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers. Demographics Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the CSA, this woreda has a total population of 250,727, of whom 126,959 are men and 123,768 women; 11,588 or 4.62% of its population are urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants were Protestants, with 92.8% of the population reporting that belief, 2.67% were Muslim, and 1.89% practiced E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bursa (woreda)
Bursa is one of the woredas in the Sidama National Regional state of Ethiopia. Part of the Southern Sidama Zone, Bursa is bordered on the south by Hula, on the west by Aleta Wendo, on the northwest by Wensho, on the northeast by Arbegona, and on the southeast by Bona Zuria. Bursa was separated from Hula woreda. Demographics Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the CSA, this woreda has a total population of 103,631, of whom 51,731 are men and 51,900 women; 2,304 or 2.22% of its population are urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants were Protestants, with 88.63% of the population reporting that belief, 6.25% observed traditional religions, 2.18% were Catholic, and 1.77% were Muslim Muslims () are people who adhere to Islam, a Monotheism, monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
