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The Chaffa Valley, Kamisee on the right side in the background and the Borkenna River in the middle.

Chaffa Gola Dewerahmedo ("Chaffa Gola and Dewerahmedo") was a woreda in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Oromia Zone, Chaffa Gola Dewerahmedo was bordered on the south by Artuma Fursi Jilee, on the southwest by the Semien Shewa Zone, on the west by the Debub Wollo Zone, on the north by Baati, and on the east by the Afar Region. Towns in Chaffa Gola Dewerahmedo included Bora and Kamisee; the villages of Shonke and T’ollaha were also located in this woreda, and notable as being communities where the Argobba language is spoken.[1] Chaffa Gola Dewerahmedo was divided for Dawa Chaffa and Dawa Harewa woredas and Kamisee town.

Elevations in Chaffa Gola Dewerahmedo range between 1000 and 2000 meters above sea level. The paved highway connecting Addis Ababa with towns as far north as Adigrat passes through this woreda. Notable rivers include the Borkana, whose swampy valley is used as a grazing area for about 100,000 cattle, 60,000 of which come from outside of the Oromia Zone.[2]

  1. ^ A. Wetter: The Argobba of T’ollaha - a comparative overview. In: S. Uhlig (ed.) Proceedings of the XVth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Hamburg July 20–25, 2003, 2006, 899-907. See also Leyew, Zelealem and Ralph Siebert. (2001) "Sociolinguistic survey report of the Argobba language of Ethiopia", SIL International (accessed 25 May 2009)
  2. ^ "Field Assessment Report: North Wello, South Wello and Oromia Zones of Amhara Region", UNEUE report (accessed 25 June 2007)

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