NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Sidamo Province

Sidamo was a province in the southern part of Ethiopia, with its capital city at Irgalem, and later at Awasa. This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Awasa is a town in Ethiopia, on the shores of Lake Awasa. ...

Following the liberation of Ethiopia from Italian occupation in 1942, the provinces of Borana and Wallamo, created from conquered states of that name, were merged into Sidamo. With the adoption of the constitution in 1995, Sidamo was divided amongst the Southern Peoples and Oromia regions of Ethiopia. This article is about the year. ... Wikinews has news related to this article: Children massacred in Kenyan school The Borana are a Kenyan tribe living near the Ethiopian border. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Map of Ethiopia highlighting the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples region. ... Oromo flag The land of the Oromo Nation is known as Oromia (sometimes spelled Oromiya). ...

This province was named after an ethnic group native to Ethiopia, called the Sidamo, or Sidama, who are located in the southwestern part of that country. Their major political state was the Kingdom of Kaffa. The Sidama are a tribal people in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region (SNNPR) of Ethiopia. ... The Kingdom of Kaffa was an ancient state located in what is now Ethiopia, with its capital at Bonga. ...

See also: Sidamo language The Sidamo languages are part of the Afro-Asiatic languages, belonging to the Cushitic sub-phylum. ...

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