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Oromia
Oromia (Oromo: Oromiyaa, Amharic: ኦሮሚያ) is a regional state in Ethiopia and the homeland of the Oromo people. Under Article 49 of Ethiopian Constitution, the capital of Oromia is Addis Ababa, also called Finfinnee. The provision of the article maintains special interest of Oromia by utilizing social services and natural resources of Addis Ababa.
It is bordered by the Somali Region to the east; the Amhara Region, the Afar Region and the Benishangul-Gumuz Region to the north; Dire Dawa to the northeast; the South Sudanese state of Upper Nile, Gambela Region, South West Ethiopia Region, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region and Sidama Region to the west; the Eastern Province of Kenya to the south; as well as Addis Ababa as an enclave surrounded by a Special Zone in its centre and the Harari Region as an enclave surrounded by East Hararghe in its east.
In August 2013, the Ethiopian Central Statistics Agency projected the 2017 population of Oromia as 35,467,001; making it the largest regional state by population. It is also the largest regional state covering 353,690 square kilometres (136,560 sq mi)
Evidence from Muslim geographers and Ethiopian royal chronicles demonstrates that Oromos were in the Ethiopian Highlands as early as the Middle Ages.
These societies maintained dynamic relations across frontiers—from the Christianized provinces of northern Shewa to the Muslim centers of Harar and the inland territories identified in Arabic sources as the Land of Gazla (Karla or Garla).
Modern day Shewa was historically divided into three subdivisions: Gerra-Medir, Mamma-Midir, and Lallo-Midir. These names derive from three early rulers—Gerra, Mamma, and Lallo—who governed the region before the rise of the Shewan dynasty. Accounts describe them as Christianized rulers.
Arabic sources from the 13th century describe a region called Gazla, also rendered as Karla or Garla. The Andalusian geographer Ibn Saʿīd al-Maghribī provided one of the earliest known accounts:
"The land of Kazla begins from the equator, neighbouring the Zanj of al-Habasha, and stretches south of Mount Murus, which is said to provide the people of Janbeyta and those regions with gold and silver mines. It lies four days’ journey from Janbeyta. To its east and north it extends from there, running eastward and bending northward until it cuts across the Nile of al-Habasha and ends at their sea."
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Oromia
Oromia (Oromo: Oromiyaa, Amharic: ኦሮሚያ) is a regional state in Ethiopia and the homeland of the Oromo people. Under Article 49 of Ethiopian Constitution, the capital of Oromia is Addis Ababa, also called Finfinnee. The provision of the article maintains special interest of Oromia by utilizing social services and natural resources of Addis Ababa.
It is bordered by the Somali Region to the east; the Amhara Region, the Afar Region and the Benishangul-Gumuz Region to the north; Dire Dawa to the northeast; the South Sudanese state of Upper Nile, Gambela Region, South West Ethiopia Region, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region and Sidama Region to the west; the Eastern Province of Kenya to the south; as well as Addis Ababa as an enclave surrounded by a Special Zone in its centre and the Harari Region as an enclave surrounded by East Hararghe in its east.
In August 2013, the Ethiopian Central Statistics Agency projected the 2017 population of Oromia as 35,467,001; making it the largest regional state by population. It is also the largest regional state covering 353,690 square kilometres (136,560 sq mi)
Evidence from Muslim geographers and Ethiopian royal chronicles demonstrates that Oromos were in the Ethiopian Highlands as early as the Middle Ages.
These societies maintained dynamic relations across frontiers—from the Christianized provinces of northern Shewa to the Muslim centers of Harar and the inland territories identified in Arabic sources as the Land of Gazla (Karla or Garla).
Modern day Shewa was historically divided into three subdivisions: Gerra-Medir, Mamma-Midir, and Lallo-Midir. These names derive from three early rulers—Gerra, Mamma, and Lallo—who governed the region before the rise of the Shewan dynasty. Accounts describe them as Christianized rulers.
Arabic sources from the 13th century describe a region called Gazla, also rendered as Karla or Garla. The Andalusian geographer Ibn Saʿīd al-Maghribī provided one of the earliest known accounts:
"The land of Kazla begins from the equator, neighbouring the Zanj of al-Habasha, and stretches south of Mount Murus, which is said to provide the people of Janbeyta and those regions with gold and silver mines. It lies four days’ journey from Janbeyta. To its east and north it extends from there, running eastward and bending northward until it cuts across the Nile of al-Habasha and ends at their sea."