Shashamane (Oromo: Shashamannee, Amharic: ሻሸመኔ) is a city in southern Ethiopia. Located in the Oromia Region with a 2007 Census population of 100,454, but with an estimated 208,368 inhabitants in mid 2022;[2] the town is known for its Rastafarian community. A couple of years ago, the current town administration made a determined move to speed up the development of the town and answer the questions of the residents and is one of the fast urbanizing urban centers in Oromia Regional State and has seventeen (17) sub-cities. Namely Abosto, Alelu, Arada, Awasho, Dida boqe, Bulchana, Burqa Gudina, Kuyera, Awasho Dhenqu, Aleche Harebate, Edola burqa, Alelu Ilu, Bute filicha, Kerara filicha, Ilala Qorke, Meja Dema, and Bulchana Deneba. The resort of Wondo Genet lies near Shashamane, as does the Senkele Wildlife Sanctuary.
^"Population and Housing Census 2007 – Oromia Statistical" (PDF). Ethiopian Statistics Service. 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
^ ab"Population Size of Towns by Sex, Region, Zone and Wereda: July 2022" (PDF). Ethiopian Statistics Service. 2022.
Shashamane (Oromo: Shashamannee, Amharic: ሻሸመኔ) is a city in southern Ethiopia. Located in the Oromia Region with a 2007 Census population of 100,454,...
began to settle on land near Shashamane which had been set aside for them by Emperor Haile Selassie I. Subsequently, Shashamane has become known for its cannabis...
Jamaica; the group was responsible for establishing the Rasta community in Shashamane, Ethiopia. The Church of Haile Selassie, Inc., was founded by Abuna Foxe...
expatriates residing in Ethiopia. The settlement in Shashamane traces its roots to the 1948 Shashamane Land Grant by Emperor Haile Selassie I to members...
Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie is held. Most live in the small town of Shashamane about 150 miles (240 km) south of the capital Addis Ababa. When Jamaica...
Haramaya, Holeta, Jimma, Koye Feche, Metu, Negele Arsi, Nekemte, Sebeta, Shashamane and Waliso, among many others. At the time of the 2007 census conducted...
estimated at 2,929,894 in mid 2022. The administrative center of this zone is Shashamane, with an estimated 208,368 inhabitants in mid 2022; other towns in this...
respectful of them. In 1948, Haile Selassie donated 500 hectares of land at Shashamane, 250 kilometres (160 mi) south of Addis Ababa, to the Ethiopian World...
region which killed at least 30 people. On 4 February, a clash occurred in Shashamane that killed three Orthodox youths. The Ethiopian government blocked access...
Teferi No 7: south from Mojo 432 km via Shashamane and Sodo to Arba Minch. Part of road between Mojo and Shashamane is designated part of the Cairo-Cape...
and Kanchi Ayebeltm (2008). Tamrat Desta was born in Tiqur Wuha near Shashamane, Ethiopia in 1978. He was the second of three children, all boys. After...
and other people of African descent to settle on his personal land in Shashamane. Haile Selassie visited Jamaica on Thursday, April 21, 1966. Some 100...
21 May 2008. Retrieved 9 May 2008. Kalli, Joanna. "Sizzla Biography". Shashamane. Retrieved 9 May 2008. Sizzla's albums on Billboard's Top Reggae Albums...
down Nairobi city, most notably; Monte Carlo night club on Accra Road, Shashamane International and Hollywood club. Reggae Sounds, derived from jamaican...
(On-U Sound, 1990) Live:Pride and Joy (On-U Sound, 1991) In Pursuit of Shashamane Land (On-U Sound, ON-U LP65, 1993) All Mighty Dread (Beat Records, 1994)...
elsewhere back to Africa. While Ethiopia specifically has land available in Shashamane to encourage this project, black people who are citizens of countries...
Oromia synod, three people killed after unknown assailants opened fire in Shashamane in Oromia on 2 February 2023. According to witness, the Oromia police...
website and an Amhara Region official claimed that the OLF targeted Ataye. Shashamane, a town south of Addis Ababa, was the scene of a pogrom massacre that...
Selassie. Many Rastas consider Ethiopia the Promised Land. The city of Shashamane is particularly significant. In the capital of Addis Ababa, Haile Selassie...
nations in Africa. In the 1960s, a Rasta settlement was established in Shashamane, Ethiopia, on land made available by Haile Selassie's Ethiopian World...
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