Global InformationKebena Special Woreda information
Kebena Special Woreda wolkite (Amharic: ቀቤና ልዩ ወረዳ) is one of the special woredas in the Central Ethiopia Regional State of Ethiopia and its administrative center is Wosherbe. The district is named after the Kebena people. Kebena is bordered to the south by the Wabe River which separates this district from Kokir Ge Kebena is bordered to the west by Abeshge and to the north by the Oromia Region. Kebena was historically an independent state prior to the Abyssinian annexation of the territory in 1889.[1]
According to 19th century French geographer Élisée Reclus, Kebena region consists of the finest tobacco.[2]
- ^ Lindahl, Bernhard. Local History of Ethiopia (PDF). Nordic Africa Institute. pp. 4–5.
- ^ Reclus, Elisée. The Earth and Its Inhabitants. D. Appleton. p. 212.