Arsi Province information

Arsi Province (Amharic: አርሲ) was a province of Ethiopian Empire with its capital at Asella. Historically a part of the Emirate of Harar until its invasion...

Arsi Oromo is an ethnic Oromo branch, inhabiting the Arsi, West Arsi and Bale Zones of the Oromia Region of Ethiopia, as well as in the Adami Tullu and...

Arsi may refer to: Arsi Province, a former province of Ethiopia Arsi Zone, a zone within the Oromia region of Ethiopia West Arsi Zone, a zone within the...

first woman to hold the mayorship since it was created in 1910. Born in Arsi Province, Adanech has little familial disclosure, according to her education...

Mohammed was born on 12 May 1986 in the Dhumuga, Arsi Province bordering Hararghe. His father was Arsi Oromo, of Muslim faith, while his mother an Orthodox...

Asella Airport (IATA code ALK). Asalla was the capital of Arsi Province until that province was demoted to a Zone of Oromia with the adoption of the 1995...

were ultimately defeated in 1886. In the 1940s some Arsi Oromo together with people from Bale province joined the Harari Kulub movement, an affiliate of...

Wollo Province, northeast by French Somaliland and on the east by Somalia. Originally however Hararghe included the Sidamo, Bale and Arsi Province until...

grew up tending cattle in the village of Bekoji in the highlands of Arsi Province, the same village as Kenenisa Bekele. She is the cousin of Ejegayehu...

present-day Somalia and to the south of eastern Ethiopia including the Arsi Province. Numerous Oromo and Somali clans in the region paid tax to the Emirate...

passed through that port. Coffee plantations were also developed in Arsi Province at the same time and were eventually exported by means of the Addis...

Personal details Born (1968-07-16) 16 July 1968 (age 55) Shashemene, Arsi Province, Ethiopian Empire (now Oromia Region, Ethiopia) Political party Oromo...

position by Alemayehu Atomsa. Abadula Gemeda was born Minase Woldegiorgis in Arsi Zone, Oromia Region, on 5 July 1958. The name Abadula Gemeda is a pseudonym...

distance runner of all time. Kenenisa Bekele was born in 1982 at Bekoji, Arsi Zone, the same town as the Dibaba sisters (Ejegayehu, Tirunesh and Genzebe)...

winner of the marathon race at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Born in Etya, Arsi Province, Gezahegne's first international competition was the 1999 Los Angeles...

Personal information Born (1973-04-18) 18 April 1973 (age 50) Asella, Arsi Province, Ethiopian Empire Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) Weight 54 kg (119 lb) Sport...

most decorated of the family. Tirunesh was born in the village of Bekoji, Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region and the fourth of six children. She is of Oromo...

water baths in Ambo town. In 1952 he was appointed Governor-General of Arsi Province, serving until 1955. As governor he initiated the provision of potable...

governorship of Arsi Province, and completed the conquest that his nephew had begun the year before. The conquest was infamous for its slaughter of the Arsi Oromo...

1994 – April 2012 Personal details Born (1961-02-19)February 19, 1961 Arsi Province, Ethiopian Empire Education Addis Ababa University (BSc) University...

Genzebe Dibaba is a member of the Oromo ethnic group from the high altitude Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region and comes from an athletic family. Her older sister...

Hararghe Arsi Bale was created as a 13th province when it was split off from Harrarghe in 1960. Eritrea was united with Ethiopia and made a 14th province in...

Birtukan Ayano Dadi was born in Arsi Province on 12 November 1975. After an attempt to abduct her, she moved to Bale Province and was educated at Robe High...

between the forces of Ras Darge Sahle Selassie of Shewa and a force of Arsi Oromo. It was part of a broader series of expansion campaigns done under...

Gezahegne Abera, Ethiopian Olympic champion marathon runner; in Etya, Arsi Province, Ethiopia Papy Lukata Shumu, Congolese footballer; in Kinshasa, Zaire...

with the Emperor; most likely over money. As result, he was exiled to Arsi Province. In 1935, during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, Ayalew Birru returned...