Negele Arsi or Arsi Negele, is a town in southeastern
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
. Located in the
West Arsi Zone
West Arsi ( Oromo: ''Arsii Lixaa/Dhihaa'') is a zone in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. This zone is named after a subgroup of the Oromo, who inhabit it. It covers an area of 11,776.72 km2, divided into 12 districts (''weredas''). The population ...
of the
Oromia Region
Oromia (Amharic: ) ( om, Oromiyaa) is a regional state in Ethiopia and the homeland of the Oromo people. The capital of Oromia is Addis Ababa.
It is bordered by the Somali Region to the east; the Amhara Region, the Afar Region and the Benis ...
on the paved highway north of
Shashamane
Shashamane ( om, Shashamannee, am, ሻሸመኔ) is a town in southern Ethiopia. Located in the Oromia Region with a 2007 Census population of 100,454, but with an estimated 208,368 inhabitants in mid 2022; the town is known for its Rastafari ...
, this town has a longitude and latitude of and an elevation of 2,043 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of
Arsi Negele District
History
Negele Arsi has had electrical power since the 1950s, as well as telephone and postal service by 1967.
The town's economic catchment extends beyond the woreda, attracting peasants from
Shashamene woreda who trade cereal and potatoes for cattle and seeds at the weekly market, which is held each Monday.
Prince Sahle Selassie
Prince Sahle Selassie (27 February 1932 – 24 April 1962) was the youngest child of Emperor Haile Selassie and Empress Menen Asfaw of Ethiopia. His full title was "His Imperial Highness, Prince Sahle Selassie Haile Selassie".
Biography
Born ...
was a very substantial landowner around Negele Arsi. By the early 1970s, half of Arsi Negele District was owned by his descendants. The town was used as a mobilization point for units of the regular army during 1971, whence they responded to the disorders that followed evictions when landowners mechanised farms.
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Based on figures from the ]Central Statistical Agency
The Central Statistical Agency (CSA; Amharic: ማዕከላዊ ስታቲስቲክስ ኤጀንሲ) is an agency of the government of Ethiopia designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that country used to monitor economic and social growt ...
in 2005, Negele Arsi has an estimated total population of 42,054, of whom 21,120 are men and 20,934 are women.
References
Populated places in the Oromia Region
Ethiopia
Cities and towns in Ethiopia
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