NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Welega Province

Welega was a province in the western part of Ethiopia, with its capital city at Nekemte. With the adoption of the constitution in 1995, Welega was divided between the Benishangul-Gumaz and Oromia regions of Ethiopia. Nekemte (also called Lekemt) is a market town in the Oromia region (or kilil) of Ethiopia, and was the capital of the former province of Welega. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Map of Ethiopia highlighting the Benishangul-Gumaz region . ... Oromo flag The land of the Oromo Nation is known as Oromia (sometimes spelled Oromiya). ...

Categories: Ethiopia geography stubs | Provinces of Ethiopia Image File history File links Flag_of_Ethiopia. ... Map of Ethiopia highlighting the Afar region. ... Map of Ethiopia highlighting the Amhara region. ... Map of Ethiopia highlighting the Benishangul-Gumaz region . ... Map of Ethiopia highlighting the Gambela region. ... Map of Ethiopia highlighting the Harari region (in red). ... Oromo flag The land of the Oromo Nation is known as Oromia (sometimes spelled Oromiya). ... Map of Ethiopia highlighting the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples region. ... Map of Ethiopia highlighting the Tigray region. ... Addis Ababa as seen from space. ... Dire Dawa is a chartered city (astedader akabibi) in eastern Ethiopia. ... Arsi was a province of Ethiopia. ... Bale is the name of two polities located in the southeastern part of modern Ethiopia The kingdom of Bale The earlier Bale was a Muslim tributary kingdom, between Ifat and Hadiya. ... Gamu-Gofa was a province in the south-western part of Ethiopia, with its capital city at Chenchen. ... Gojjam, or Gojam, was a province in the north-eastern part of Ethiopia, with its capital city at Debra Markos. ... Begemder was a province in the north-eastern part of Ethiopia, with its capital city at Gondar. ... Hararghe, sometimes spelled Harerge, was a province in the eastern part of Ethiopia, with its capital in Harar. ... Illubabor was a province in the south-western part of Ethiopia, along the border with Sudan. ... Kaffa was a province on the southwestern side of Ethiopia; its capital city was Jimma. ... Shewa (also spelled Shoa) is a historical region of Ethiopia. ... Sidamo was a province in the southern part of Ethiopia, with its capital city at Irgalem, and later at Awasa. ... Tigray is the northern-most of the nine ethnic divisions (kililoch) of Ethiopia. ... Wollo was a province in the north-eastern part of Ethiopia, with its capital city at Dessye. ...