Selale

Selale (Amharic: ሰላሌ), also known as Selalle or Selalesh, was a province of the Ethiopian Empire located in southern Bulga, south of Sarmat[1] and neighboring Grarya. It later became a awrajja, or sub-province, of Shewa.[2] The region was home to the important Debre Libanos monastery built by Saint Tekle Haymanot who was born in Zorare, a district in Selale which lied on the eastern edge of Shewa, to a Christian Amhara family.[3] An Oromo subgroup inhabiting the North Shewa Zone took their name from the original region.[4] They have a population of approximately 2 million.[5] The capital of the sub-province in the 20th century was Fiche.[6]

References

  1. ^ Huntingford, George Wynn (1989). The Historical Geography of Ethiopia: From the First Century AD to 1704. British Academy
  2. ^ "NIRAS in Ethiopia, October 2011". Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  3. ^ G.W.B. Huntingford, The Historical Geography of Ethiopia (London: The British Academy, 1989), p. 69
  4. ^ Hassen, Mohammed (2015). The Oromo and the Christian Kingdom of Ethiopia: 1300-1700. Boydell & Brewer. p. 128. ISBN 9781847011176.
  5. ^ Phillips, David J. (2001). Peoples on the Move: Introducing the Nomads of the World. William Carey Library. p. 205. ISBN 9780878083527.
  6. ^ "Local history of Ethiopia : Fia - Fyanja" (PDF). Nordic Africa Institute. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
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