Sebeta

Sebeta
Sebeta

Location within Ethiopia

Coordinates: 8°55′N 38°37′E / 8.917°N 38.617°E / 8.917; 38.617Coordinates: 8°55′N 38°37′E / 8.917°N 38.617°E / 8.917; 38.617
Country Ethiopia
Region Oromia
Zone Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne
Elevation 2,356 m (7,730 ft)
Population (2007)
 • Total 49,331
Time zone EAT (UTC+3)
Climate Cwb

Sebeta is a town and separate woreda in central Ethiopia. Located in the Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne of the Oromia Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 8°55′N 38°37′E / 8.917°N 38.617°E / 8.917; 38.617 and an elevation of 2,356 meters (7,730 feet) above sea level.

The Sebeta School for the Blind is located in Sebeta. It became part of the Haile Selassie I Foundation in 1959, and construction on a new building began on October 4, 1962.[1] The Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research opened a research station in Sebeta in 1967, which operates as the national center for research into improving fishing yields.[2]

History

A plot to kill the Emperor near Sebeta with a land mine in the road was discovered on November 16, 1969. Eight people were arrested, and the leader, 76-year-old Tekle Wolde Hawariat, killed himself next day after a gun battle with police at his home in Addis Ababa. He was mentioned without dishonor in the Ethiopian media because of his valuable service to the country in previous years.[1]

A congregation of the Mekane Yesus Church was established in 1979. The congregation's church was burnt by a mob in April 1994, and the leaders of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church afterwards failed to condemn the act.[1]

Demographics

The 2007 national census reported a total population for Sebeta of 49,331, of whom 24,356 were men and 24,975 were women. The majority of the inhabitants said they practised Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 71.1% of the population reporting they observed this belief, while 16.87% of the population were Muslim, and 11.18% were Protestant.[3]

According to the 1994 national census, the town had a population of 14,100.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "Local History in Ethiopia" The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 28 November 2007)
  2. ↑ EARI list of research centers (accessed 30 April 2009)
  3. ↑ 2007 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region, Vol. 1, Tables 2.1, 2.5, 3.4 (accessed 13 January 2012)
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