Jimma is the largest city in western Ethiopia; as of 1994 it had a population of 88,867 people. It was the capital of Kaffa Province until the province was dissolved, and Jimma became part of the Oromia Region. Jimma is located at 7°40′ N 36°50′ E. According to Herbert S. Lewis, in the early 1960s it was "the greatest market in all of southwestern Ethiopia. On a good day in the dry season it attracts up to thirty thousand people."¹ 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Kaffa was a province on the southwestern side of Ethiopia; its capital city was Jimma. ... Oromo flag The land of the Oromo Nation is known as Oromia (sometimes spelled Oromiya). ... Ethiopia is divided into 9 ethnically-based administrative regions (kililoch; singular - kilil): Afar Amhara Benishangul-Gumaz Gambela Hariai Oromia Somali Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region Tigray Additionally, there are two chartered cities (astedader akababiwach, singular - astedader akabibi): Addis Ababa Dire Dawa These administrative regions replaced the older system of... The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ...

Its northern suburb of Jiren was the capital of a large Oromo kingdom until the late nineteenth century. Originally named Hirmata, the city owed its importance in the 19th century to being located on the caravan route between Shewa and the Kingdom of Kaffa, and being only six miles from the palace of the king of Jimma. The Oromo are an African ethnic group found in Ethiopia and to a lesser extent Kenya. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Shewa (also spelled Shoa) is a historical region of Ethiopia. ... The Kingdom of Kaffa was an ancient state located in what is now Ethiopia, with its capital at Bonga. ...

Some buildings survive from this period, including the Palace of Abba Jiffar. The present town was developed on the Awetu River by Italian colonialists in the 1930s. The city is home to a museum, several markets and an airport. In general, the word colonial means of or relating to a colony. In United States history, the term Colonial is used to refer to the period before US independence. ... // Events and trends The 1930s were spent struggling for a solution to the global depression. ... A museum is typically a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. ... A market is a mechanism which allows people to trade, normally governed by the theory of supply and demand, so allocating resources through a price mechanism and bid and ask matching so that those willing to pay a price for something meet those willing to sell for it. ...

References

1. Herbert S. Lewis, A Galla Monarchy: Jimma Abba Jifar, Ethiopia, 1830-1932 (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1965), p. 56.