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Is the former province of Shewa, part of Amhara or Oromo region ? I know Debre Behan is Amhara if I am not mistaken.

Dark Energy wrote: ↑

16 Oct 2025, 09:18

Is the former province of Shewa, part of Amhara or Oromo region ? I know Debre Behan is Amhara if I am not mistaken.

The former province of Shewa (Shewa Kifle Hager) which during Haile Selassie reign incorporated vast lands in the central part of Ethiopia. This included Hadiya, Gurage, Silti, Halaba, Kembata, Oromo, Afar, Amhara and Argobba. Spanning from the Hawash River down to Welayta and bordering Welega along the Gibe River and Arsi along the great rift valley

Todays Shewa Zones drawn by EPRDF removed the Gurage, Hadiya, Halaba, Kembata, Silti, Afar tribes out of Shewa and granted them their own ethnic regions and zones. Leaving only Amhara and Oromia as Shewa. There is North Shewa in Amhara Region(Ankober) and a North Shewa in Oromia region (Salale). West Shewa (Ambo) and Southwest Shewa(Waliso) + East Shewa (Adama-Bishoftu) are part of Oromia region as well.

Noble,
Thanks.
Where is Addis located now ?

(when there were 9 regions (kilil) in 2018)

1. A map that shows the Kilil with the Old Province superimposed

2. A map that shows the Old Provincewith the Kilil superimposed

3. Click on this link to see a jpg version of each Kilil w/zones superimposed on the Old Province map.


source (the old site is not https yet but safe) http://www.myethiopia.org/OldProvince/Main2.html



Map of the provinces of the Ethiopian Empire



Addis (officially Addis Ababa City Administration) the small dot in the middle of Oromia but it is a separate political entity.