Selale

Selale (also known as Salale or Selalesh) was a province of the Ethiopian Empire located in or around Grarya and associated with Bulga prior to the Oromo expansion, after which it became a awrajja, or sub-province, of Shewa.^[1] The region was home to the important Debre Libanos monastery built by Saint Tekle Haymanot. Also known as Selalle, an Oromo subgroup inhabiting the West Shewa Zone, north Shewa Zone and East Shewa Zone of Oromo Region, Ethiopia, are named after the original region.^[2] They have a population of approximately 2 million.^[3] The famous saint Tekle Haymanot was born in Zorare, a district in Selale which lied on the eastern edge of Shewa, to a Christian Amhara family.^[4] The capital of the sub-province in the 20th century was Fiche.^[5]

References

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