"Welega" redirects here. For other uses, see Welega (disambiguation).
Former province in western Ethiopia
Location of Welega within the Ethiopian Empire
Welega (also spelled Wollega; Oromo: Wallagga; Amharic: ወለጋ) is a province in western Ethiopia, with its capital city at Nekemte. It was named for the Wollega Oromo, who are the majority of the population within its boundaries.
Welega was bordered on the west by Sudan, on the north by the Abbay River which separated it from Gojjam, on the east by Shewa, on the southeast by Kaffa, and on the south by Illubabor.
Welega (also spelled Wollega; Oromo: Wallagga; Amharic: ወለጋ) is a province in western Ethiopia, with its capital city at Nekemte. It was named for the...
division acquired its name from the former province of Welega. Towns and cities in this zone include Nekemte. East Welega is bounded on the southwest by Illubabor...
The Welega (also spelled Wallagga, Wallaga or Wal-arga) is a branch of the Oromo people who live in Oromia Region of Ethiopia, in the former Welega Province;...
Leqa Neqemte, was a polity from 1841 to 1897 in what later became the WelegaProvince of Ethiopia. It was formed as an outgrowth of the power of the city...
to the old Oromo kingdom of Leqa Naqamte in WelegaProvince, and later served as governor of Welegaprovince. They had a son, Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie...
152,916 housing units. The two largest ethnic groups reported in Kelem Welega were the Oromo (94.08%) and the Amhara (5.13%); all other ethnic groups...
Personal details Born Kumsaa Dirribaa 1 January 1977 Horro Guduru, WelegaProvince, Ethiopian Empire Known for Leadership of the OLA. Nickname Jaal Marroo...
has been independent.[citation needed] Lemma Megersa was born in the WelegaProvince. He completed his secondary education at General Tadesse Biru Secondary...
Seble married Dejazmach Kassa Wolde Mariam, the Jote heir to the WelegaProvince|Welega kingdom of Leqa Qallam, in a double wedding with her sister, Princess...
Horo Guduru Welega (Oromo: Walllaga Horroo Guduruu) is a zone in Oromia Region of Ethiopia. It is named after the former province of Welega, whose eastern...
Lieutenant-General (later Brigadier-General) Lij Abiye Abebe, and moved with him to WelegaProvince when he was appointed governor there. She later worked at Dessie Hospital...
Kumsaa Morodaa) heir to the former Welega Kingdom of Leqa Naqamte, and later served as governor of Welegaprovince. Her mother was Woizero Yeshimebet...
of Embabo. Most of the western and central territories like Jimma, WelegaProvince and Chebo surrendered to Menelik's invading forces with no resistance...
1981, Dawud commanded the OLF unit that started the armed struggle in WelegaProvince. The Derg poisoned Ayana in December 1981, and tortured him for several...
Ethiopia from 2013 to 2018. Mulatu was born in the town of Arjo in WelegaProvince. He was educated in China, receiving his bachelor's degree in philosophy...
Welega Zone (Oromo: Wallagga Lixaa) is a zone in the western part of Oromia Region, Ethiopia. This zone is named after the former province of Welega,...
medical condition was worsening. Bekele Gerba was born in 1961 in West Welega Zone. He attended primary school in Boji Dirmaji and high school in Gimbi...
market city and separate woreda in western Ethiopia. Located in the East Welega Zone of the Oromia Region, Nekemte has a latitude and longitude of 9°5′N...
12 February 1969 in the village of Sere in WelegaProvince, now in Bonaya Boshe District in the Misraq Welega Zone of the Oromia Region. Alemayehu attended...
consisted of just over a dozen uniformed musicians, majority coming from Welegaprovince. Members of this band got their training originally from the Arba Lijoch...
(ጊምቢ) is a town in western Oromia Region, Ethiopia. Located in the West Welega Zone, it has a latitude and longitude of 9°10′N 35°50′E / 9.167°N 35.833°E...
Great Lakes region and for Burundi. Berhanu was born in the former WelegaProvince of the Ethiopian Empire, on 4 June 1935. Educated in Ethiopia and the...
Elsabeth Workeneh and Yilma Deressa, a member of the Oromo nobility of Welegaprovince. Her father would eventually become one of the leading figures of the...
(Shoa) Gamu-Gofa Illubabor Kaffa Sidamo Tigray Welega Hararghe Arsi Bale was created as a 13th province when it was split off from Harrarghe in 1960. Eritrea...
based in Addis Ababa and had mission stations in WelegaProvince but Bergsma visited the western province of Sayo in 1930. Bergsma returned to the United...
medal at the 2007 All-Africa Games a year later. He was born in the WelegaProvince west of Addis Ababa and he headed to the capital in 2005 to pursue...
than 5000 kilograms of gold, followed by Tulu Kapi gold deposit in West Welega Zone. Awoday in East Hararghe Zone is the biggest market of khat exporting...
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