Dalbo ( Geʽez: ዳልቦ) is a town in Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia within Wolayita Zone. Dalbo is located about 304 km away from Addis Ababa to the south through

Butajira Butajira ( am, ቡታጅራ) is a town and separate woreda in central Ethiopia. Located at the base of the Zebidar massif in the Gurage Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region (SNNPR), Butajira has an elevation of 2131 me ...

. And the town is located 11 km, North from Sodo, the capital of Wolayita Zone. The coordinate point of the town in map is 6°54′0″N 37°52′0″E with elevation of 2349 meters above the sea level.

History

Dalbo used as a capital city of

Kingdom of Wolaita Kingdom of Wolaita, also known as Wolaita Kingdom, was a Realm, kingdom dominated by Wolayta people in today's southern Ethiopia from 1251 until conquest of Ethiopian Empire in 1894. History Wolaita tradition refounds the kingdom being well ...

. During his reign, King Gobe managed to inaugurate a telephone network that links Dalbo with Wachamo, the northern neighboring

Kingdom of Hadiya Hadiya also known as Adea or Hadia was a medieval Muslim state in the southern part of its realm located south of Shewa and west of Sharkha. The Hadiya Muslim state mainly composed of Cushitic Hadiyya proper, Halaba, Kebena people as well as Se ...

. There is also the Royal Palace, which at ground plus one level, was the most sophisticated and built by Europeans standard. Dalbo city had been a center where the diplomats reside and very busy in receiving telephone calls coming from the Red Sea littorals and other places.. After King Menelik II's triumph, the palace and other government offices in Dalbo, the

's capital and the most populated metropolitan center in colonial Africa, were set on fire. All of the houses, including the magnificent palace of Tona, were turned to ash, including seventy houses in the palace's inner circle that served as residences for top dignitaries, the court, a treasury house, and a meeting center, and 2800 houses of generals and a warehouse of exportable items in the outer compound.

References

Wolayita Cities and towns in Wolayita Zone Populated places in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region {{SouthernNationsET-geo-stub