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 Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research 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

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. He was mentioned without dishonor in the Ethiopian media because of his valuable service to the country in previous years. A congregation of the Mekane Yesus Church was established in 1979. The congregation's church was burnt by a mob in April 1994, and the leaders of the

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

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, 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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