Map of the provinces of Ethiopia before 1935. (Derived from Perham, Margery (1969):The Government of Ethiopia)
Semien Province (Amharic: ሰሜን, “North”) was a historical province of northwest Ethiopia. According to Manoel De Almeida Semien was bordered on the north-east and north by Tigray and Tselemt, on the east and south by Abergele, and on the west by Wegera.[1] Alexander Murray include Wag as part of Semien.[2]
^Huntingford, G. W. B. (2017-05-15). Some Records of Ethiopia, 1593-1646: Being Extracts from The History of High Ethiopia or Abassia by Manoel de Almeida Together with Bahrey's History of the Galla. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-317-05271-5.
^Murray, Alexander (1808). Account of the Life and Writings of James Bruce ...: Author of Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, & 1773. A. Constable. p. 304.
SemienProvince (Amharic: ሰሜን, “North”) was a historical province of northwest Ethiopia. According to Manoel De Almeida Semien was bordered on the north-east...
Semien is Amharic and Tigrinya for "north", and may refer to: Semien Mountains Semienprovince Kingdom of Semien, a historical political entity of the...
which was very common in the 16th and 17th centuries was the "Kingdom of Semien" [citation needed]– given to the kingdom after the area which it dominated...
Wube's family originated from the Semien mountains. his father, Haile Maryam Gebre was the governor of the Semienprovince and belonged to the Orthodox Christian...
Gebre Tasfa better known as Gebre of Semien (Gabriel of Semien) (died May 1815) was the governor of Semien, Tsegede, Welkait and Wogera during the late...
former province is now split over the woredas of Dogua Tembien and Kola Tembien.[citation needed] It was located east of the SemienProvince, north of...
governorships. From 1916, he was Shum of Wagara. From 1928, he was Shum of SemienProvince. From 1917 to 1918, after Lij Iyasu was deposed, Ayalew Birru was made...
Gojjam, and shortly afterwards he campaigned against the Beta Israel in Semienprovince.According to Jeronimo Lobo, Menas was known to have all the bad qualities...
north-east of Gondar on the highway between Gondar and Axum, and is in the Semien Gondar Zone of the Amhara Region. It has a latitude and longitude of 13°08′N...
military encounters led to the rampaging of his province of Semien. In 1830, Sabagadis ravaged Semien, having defeated and even chased Wube out of his...
departed from Tigray to conduct a campaign against the Beta Israel in Semienprovince. While on this campaign, Sarsa Dengel received information that the...
present-day Debub Wollo and parts of Semien Shewa. It was named after the Amhara people, who originated from the province. Amhara Region Amhara people Chisholm...
During Yohannes I reign, Dejazmach Anestasyos was the governor of SemienProvince with the honorific title of Aggafari. On 15 July 1682, the ailing Emperor...
Tigray province. Her mother Yewub-dar Haile Maryam was the daughter of the Amhara chief Haile Maryam Gebre, the former governor of Semienprovince and Hirut...
of the Simien Mountains and is 120 kilometres (75 mi) from the Gondar province of Begemder in the northwestern part of Ethiopia. It is located within...
North Wollo (Amharic: ሰሜን ወሎ) also called Semien Wollo, is a zone in Amhara Region of Ethiopia. It is bordered on the south by South Wollo, on the west...
dynasty, whose successor was his son-in-law Wube of the Amharic-speaking Semien. Rulers of Tigrayan provinces were almost always of Tigrayan origin; in...
Kaffa (Amharic: ካፋ) was a province on the southwestern side of Ethiopia; its capital city was Bonga. Kaffa is bordered on the west by Sudan, on the northwest...
towns of Debre Berhan, Antsokia, Ankober, Entoto and, after Shewa became a province of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa have all served as the capital of Shewa at various...
in 2001. The net growth rate was 11.80 per cent. The total area of the province was 27800.00 km2 and the density was 23.50 persons per km2. The Northern...
in 1886. According to Raymond Jonas, Taytu Betul (or Taitu) was born in Semien, North Gondar, Ethiopian Empire. Scholarly consensus is that she was born...
1830 however, Ras Marye invaded Semien, and Sabagadis broke his oath by not coming to Wube's aid, thus leaving Semien to be ravaged by conflict. Subagadis...
Araya Selassie from Makalle in eastern Tigre, Dejazmach Ayalew Birru from Semien, and Ras Gugsa Welle from Begemder were called upon. Gugsa Welle and others...
served once again as Governor of Begemder. Gugsa also served as Governor of Semien at this time. The crowning of Tafari Makonnen was controversial. He occupied...
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