Fiche (also spelled Fichte) is a town in central Ethiopia. Located in the Semien Shewa Zone of the Oromia Region, about three kilometers off the main Addis Ababa-Debre Marqos road, Fiche has a latitude and longitude of 9°48′N 38°44′E. Semien Shewa (or North Shewa) is one of the 12 Zones of the Ethiopian Region of Oromia. ... Map of Ethiopia highlighting the Oromia region. ... Map of Ethiopia highlighting Addis Ababa (in red). ... Debre Marqos (also called Mankorar) is a city in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. ...

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this town has an estimated total population of 37,861, of whom 18,446 were males and 19,415 females.^[1] It is the largest town in Gerar Jarso woreda. The Central Statistical Agency (CSA) is an agency of the government of Ethiopia designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that country used to monitor economic and social growth, as well as to act as an official training center in that field. ... Woreda (also spelled wereda) is an administrative sub-division, or local government, of Ethiopia, equivalent to a district. ...

Notable landmarks in Fiche include the churches Fiche Giyorgis Bete Kristiyan, Fiche Medhane and `Alem Bete Kristiyan. Ras Kassa Hailu ruled the former province of Sallale from this town in the early 20th century, and the deposed Lij Iyasu was imprisoned in Ras Kassa's house until he escaped in 1931. After Ras Hailu Tekle Haymanot convinced them to surrender at the beginning of the Italian Occupation, his two sons Abberra and Asfawossen were executed in Fiche.^[2] Ethiopian aristocratic and religious titles used in Ethiopia until the end of the Monarchy in 1974. ... Iyasu (Joshua) (4 February 1887 - 25 November 1935) was the ruler of Ethiopia from 1913 to 1916, when he was deposed. ... Italian East Africa (Italian: Africa Orientale Italiana) was an Italian colony in Africa. ...

Notes

1. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.3
2. ^ Anthony Mockler, Haile Selassie's War (New York: Oliver Branch, ), pp. 169-71. However, Mockler believes that Ras Hailu had been deceived into helping the Italians in these killings, pp. 414f.