Gojjam (Amharic: ጎጃም gōjjām, originally ጐዛም gʷazzam, later ጐዣም gʷažžām, ጎዣም gōžžām) is a historical provincial kingdom in northwestern Ethiopia, with...
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as Adal Tesema, Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and Tekle Haimanot of Gojjam (c. 1847 – 10 January 1901), was King of Gojjam. He was later an army commander and...
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Gojjam (Amharic: ምዕራብ ጎጃም) or Mirab Gojjam is a Zone in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. It is named after the former province of Gojjam. West Gojjam is...
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List of Fano militia factions (section Gojjam Fano)
People's Army (led by Eskinder Nega) Wollo faction (led by Mihretu Wodajo) Gojjam faction (led by Zemene Kassie) North Gondar faction (led by Habte Wolde)...
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East Gojjam (Amharic: ምሥራቅ ጎጃም), also called Misraq Gojjam, is a zone in Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Its capital is Debre Markos. East Gojjam is named...
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woreda) Agew Awi East Gojjam North Gondar Central Gondar West Gondar Wag Hemra West Gojjam Bahir Dar (special zone) West Gojjam South Gondar North Wollo...
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(Amharic: ዲማ) is a village in west-central Ethiopia. Located in the Misraq Gojjam Zone of the Amhara Region, it has a latitude and longitude of 10°0′N 38°29′E...
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title bestowed on governors of the most important provinces (kingdoms): Gojjam, Begemder, Wello, Tigray and the seaward kingdom, (where the variation Bahri...
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Hailu Tekle Haymanot (section Shum of Gojjam)
Hailu Tekle Haymanot (1868 – 1950), also named Hailu II of Gojjam, was an army commander and a member of the nobility of the Ethiopian Empire. He represented...
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woredas in the West Gojjam Zone of the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Its name comes from its largest town, Bure. Part of the Mirab Gojjam Zone, Bure is bordered...
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Opposition to Haile Selassie (section Gojjam revolt)
profile events degraded Selassie's reputation, including over taxation in Gojjam since 1930, famines in Tigray and Wollo provinces since 1958, and autocratic...
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Gideon Force (section Gojjam province)
covertly to encourage the rebellion in the western Ethiopian province of Gojjam, that the Italians had never been able to repress. In September, Colonel...
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escalated in 2024, with renewed insurgent offensives in the Gondar and Gojjam zones and increased military operations by the ENDF. The conflict has resulted...
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- Ras Imru Haile Selassie (Grazmach = "General/Commander of the Left") Gojjam Provincial Armed Forces (Sefari) - Ras Imru Haile Selassie 13,000 regulars...
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Mark) is a city, separate woreda, and administrative seat of the East Gojjam Zone in Amhara Region, Ethiopia. Originally named Manqwarar (lit: Cold Place)...
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Ras Darge. The oldest junior cadet branch of the Solomonic Dynasty is the Gojjam branch which traces its ancestry through various lines of the main branch...
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in the Amhara region. In a joint statement, the Fano groups from Gondar, Gojjam, Shewa, and Wollo urged the public to follow the vehicle movement ban, and...
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Gojjam faction in Ethiopia. Since 2023, he is fighting the Ethiopian government force in the War in Amhara. Born in Merawi, Bahir Dar in North Gojjam...
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Gobe Wollega North Wollo South Wollo (Dessie) Gambela West Gojjam (Bahr Dar) East Gojjam (Debre Markos) North Gondar South Gondar (Debre Tabor) Jerusalem...
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Semien and Begemder, Sayint, Gojjam, Wollo and Shewa. He crowned Menelik King of Shewa in 1878 and Tekle Haymanot King of Gojjam and Kaffa in 1881 and encouraged...
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escalating in the Amhara region, notably the South Mecha woreda of the North Gojjam Zone following the commencement of the ENDF's counteroffensive. The following...
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According to Alleqa Taye, in the year 1922 Gafat was only spoken privately in Gojjam due to the Amhara designating them outcasts. A few linguists have postulated...
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transliterated Burye is a town in western Ethiopia. Located in the Mirab Gojjam Zone of the Amhara Region, this town has a longitude and latitude of 10°42′N...
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Africa came under the suzerainty of the Ethiopian Empire. Stretching from Gojjam to the Somali Coast in Zelia. Among these Muslim entities was the Sultanate...
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1943 to 1947. Yoftahe Negussie was born on 21 April 1894 in Muzaelias, Gojjam Province from his mother, Mazengia Woldeher and his father Nigussie Weldyesus...
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Agegnehu Teshager. Temesegen Tiruneh was born in the small town of Bichena, Gojjam Province, Ethiopia. He attended primary and secondary school at Belay Zeleke...
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80% of total employment come from agriculture. Four Ethiopian provinces — Gojjam, Hararghe, Tigray and Wollo — all received record low rainfalls in the mid-1980s...
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Ethiopian military commander who led the Arbegnoch resistance movement in Gojjam against the Fascist Italians during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia from...
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Walda Giyorgis (section Gojjam period)
Walda Giyorgis (died June 1918) was an ecclesiastic during the reign of Menelik II. Walda Giyorgis was a monk of Amhara lineage, who in his early years...
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Serae Shewa (Efrata, Geshe) Shire Wag Kingdom of Beta Israel Dembiya Gafat Gojjam Waldebba Semien Wegera Qwara Tsegede Wolqayt Kingdom of Damot Dawro Enarya...
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