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Shambu (other)
Shaamboo is a town and separate Districts of Ethiopia, woreda in western Ethiopia. Located in the Horo Guduru Welega Zone of Oromia Region west of Fincha Hydroelectric Power Station, Lake Fincha'a, this town has an elevation of 2,503 metres above sea level. It was previously the administrative centre of Horo (woreda), Horro woreda. History A Swedish reporter published in 1969, an account of conditions in Shaamboo Prison, which consists of a fenced-in area the size of a football field, and associated buildings. A deep trench 3×5 metres in size is the common latrine for about 130 men and women. Most of the prisoners are chained, and are fed once a day. The eight female prisoners were locked in a single room 8×3 metres and never allowed outside. The men are only confined at night into two rooms 8×12 metres, 60 men in each, and sleep directly upon the wooden floor. Demographics The 2007 national census reported a total population for this town of 14,995, of whom 7,757 were m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Countries Of The World
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 206 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 UN member states, 2 UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and 11 other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (16 states, of which there are 6 UN member states, 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and 9 de facto states), and states having a special political status (2 states, both in free association with New Zealand). Compiling a list such as this can be a complicated and controversial process, as there is no definition that is binding on all the members of the community of nations conc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horo (woreda)
Horo is one of the Aanaas in the Oromia of Ethiopia. It was part of former Jimma Horo woreda. It is part of the Horo Gudru Welega Zone. The administrative center is Sekela. Horo location in angle Demographics The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 74,989, of whom 37,302 were men and 37,687 were women; 3,669 or 4.89% of its population were urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants observed Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 37.36% reporting that as their religion, while 30.67% were Protestants, 23.98% observed traditional beliefs, 5.57% were Moslem, and 1.6% observed Roman Catholicism The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finfinne
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, the city's population was estimated to be 2,739,551 inhabitants. Addis Ababa is a highly developed and important cultural, artistic, financial and administrative centre of Ethiopia. Addis Ababa was portrayed in the 15th century as a fortified location called "Barara" that housed the emperors of Ethiopia at the time. Prior to Emperor Dawit II, Barara was completely destroyed during the Ethiopian–Adal War and Oromo expansions. The founding history of Addis Ababa dates back in late 19th-century by Menelik II, Negus of Shewa, in 1886 after finding Mount Entoto unpleasant two years prior. At the time, the city was a resort town; its large mineral spring abundance attracted nobilities of the empire, led them to establish permanent settlement. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chato Forest
Chato may refer to: * an aircraft Polikarpov I-15 * Chato, Ghana, a village in upper Ghana * Chato, Peru, a town in Peru * Chato, Tanzania, a town in northwestern Tanzania * Chato District, a district in northwestern Tanzania * Chato Volcano, a mountain in Costa Rica * Cerro Chato, a town in Uruguay * Chato (cat), a fictional cat created by Gary Soto People * Chato people, an indigenous people of the Gulf Coast of Alabama and Mississippi * Chato (Apache) (1854—1934), a Chiricahua warrior * Armando "Chato" Robles (b. 1978), a Mexican boxer * José "Chato" Iraragorri (1912—1983), a Spanish footballer * Liwayway Vinzons-Chato (b. 1945), a Filipino politician * Osvaldo "Chato" Peredo (b. 1941), Bolivian physician and revolutionary * Paul Chato (b. 1954), a Canadian comedian * Raúl "Chato" Padilla (1917—1994), a Mexican actor * Bill Tchato (1975), a Cameroonian footballer * Siaka Bagayoko, aka "Chato" (b. July 4, 1998), Malian footballer who plays in the U-17 Malian national ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dandii Boruu University College
Dandii Boru University College is a private college in Ethiopia, East Africa. It has campuses in Dessie, Jimma, Nekemte and Shambu. Dandii Boru also has a primary, secondary and high school in the capital Addis Ababa. Universities and colleges in Ethiopia {{Ethiopia-university-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wollega University
Wollega University (WU), also known as Nekemte University, is a university in Nekemte, a town in the Western Oromia Region of Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the Er .... Description WU started out with 1600 students. According to the UCBP, it currently has 4,048 pupils. Wollega is found in western part of Oromia. The institution features 32 departments, with additional facilities planned. Wollega University also provides medical laboratory science training. After renovations, the institution is expected to accommodate 12,000 students. At present, Wollega University runs 82 undergraduate, 45 graduate programs and 5 PhD programs in the three campuses. Undergraduate programs *College of Engineering and Technology *Collage of Natural and Computational Science * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naqamte
Nekemte, also spelled as Neqemte (, Amharic: ነቀምት), is a market town and separate woreda in western Ethiopia. Located in the East Welega Zone of the Oromia Region, Nekemte has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation of 2,088 meters. Nekemte was the capital of the former East welega, and is home to a museum of Machaa Oromo culture. It is a burial place of Onesimos Nesib, a famous Oromo who translated the Bible to Oromo Language for the first time, in collaboration with Aster Ganno. It is also the seat of an Apostolic Vicariate of the Roman Catholic Church."Local History in Ethiopia" (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 27 January 2008) Nekemte is host city to the newly built |
Islam In Ethiopia
Islam is the second-largest religion in Ethiopia behind Christianity, with 31.3 to 35.9 percent of the total population of around 113.5 million people professing the religion as of 2022. Islam in Ethiopia dates back to the founding of the religion; in 615, when a group of Muslims were counseled by Muhammad to escape persecution in Mecca and travel to Ethiopia via modern-day Eritrea, which was ruled by Najashi, a pious Christian king. It is agreed by Islamic scholars that Najashi gave shelter to the Muslim refugees around 615–616 at Axum. Bilal ibn Ribah, the first Muezzin, the person chosen to call the faithful to prayer, and one of the foremost companions of Muhammad, was born in Mecca to an Abyssinian (Ethiopian) mother. Introduction Islam was in 2007 the second largest religion in Ethiopia with over 33.9% of the population. The faith arrived in Tigray, north of Ethiopia, at an early date, shortly before the hijira. The Kingdom of Aksum in Ethiopia was the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
P'ent'ay
P'ent'ay (from Ge'ez: ) is an originally Amharic– Tigrinya language term for Pentecostal and other Eastern-oriented Protestant Christians within Ethiopia and Eritrea, and the Ethiopian and Eritrean diaspora. Today, the term refers to all Evangelical Protestant denominations and organisations in Ethiopian and Eritrean societies as Ethiopian–Eritrean Evangelicalism or the Ethiopian–Eritrean Evangelical Church. Sometimes the denominations and organizations are also known as Wenigēlawī (from Ge'ez: ). Ethiopian and Eritrean Protestant Christianity was originally introduced as the result of American and European Protestant missionary work, which began in the 19th century, among various peoples including Christians schismed from the Orthodox Tewahedo churches, other branches of Christianity, or converted from non-Christian religions or traditional practices. Since the creation of P'ent'ay churches and organisations, prominent movements among them have been Pentecostal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Christian churches in sub-Saharan Africa originating before European colonization of the continent, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church dates back to the acceptance of Christianity by the Kingdom of Aksum in 330, and has between 36 million and 49.8 million adherents in Ethiopia. It is a founding member of the World Council of Churches. The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is in communion with the other Oriental Orthodox churches (the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, the Armenian Apostolic Church, and the Syriac Orthodox Church). The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church had been administratively part of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria from the fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fincha Hydroelectric Power Station
The Fincha Power Station is a hydroelectric power plant fed through Chomen Lake and discharging into the Fincha River in Ethiopia near the town of Fincha. It has a power generating capacity of enough wattage to power over 66,900 homes. See also * Energy in Ethiopia Energy in Ethiopia is energy and electricity production, consumption, transport, exportation, and importation in Ethiopia. Overview The following table provides some of the most relevant energy sector numbers for Ethiopia, a developing country. ... References Fincha Hydroelectric power stations in Ethiopia Oromia Region {{Africa-dam-stub ... [...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: 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 under the Transitional Government of Ethiopia and was formalised in 1995 when the current Constitution of Ethiopia came into force. The regions are each governed by a regional council whose members are directly elected to represent woredas (districts). Each council has a president, who is elected by the council. Each region also has an executive committee, whose members are selected by the president from among the councilors and approved by the council. Each region has a sector bureau, which implements the council manda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
