Sheno (Shanoo) is a town in central

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 Kaba Shewa Zone,

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, it has an elevation of 2918 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of

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. The main buildings in the city that can be shown is the new building built by a German philanthropist organization Menschen für Menschen. Older buildings that are serving as school and city administration were the remnants from the Italian camping site during the 5 years stay of the Italians. Even though there were supporters of the Italians by then there were also many patriots fighting the stay of the Italians as insurgent attacks with the bulga area arbegnoch

Overview

North Shewa Oromiyaa Regional State

Local landmarks include the church of Kidus Mikael. During the Italian occupation, Sheno was the main Italian stronghold on the

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- Asmara highway. This town was the setting of a meeting between the Italian occupiers and Ethiopian notables supporting the Italians (who included ''Leul

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Seyum Mangasha Seyoum Mengesha KBE (Amharic: ሥዩም መንገሻ; 21 June 1887 – 15 December 1960) was an army commander and a member of the royal family of the Ethiopian Empire. Early life ''Le'ul'' ''Ras'' Seyoum Mengesha was born on 24 June 18 ...

, '' Nagadras'' Tasamma Estate, and ''

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'' Abba Woqaw) on 19 November 1939 with

Abebe Aregai ''Ras'' Abebe Aregai (18 August 1903 – 17 December 1960) was an Ethiopian military commander who, during the Italian occupation, led a group of resistance fighters (collectively known as the ''Arbegnoch'' or "Patriots") that operated in ...

, who was one of the leading ''

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'' (the resistance fighters) fighting the Italians. The negotiations came to naught, and Abebe soon after returned to fighting the Italians. Based on figures from the

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in 2005, Sheno has an estimated total population of 9,654 of whom 4,543 were men and 5,111 were women.CSA 2005 National Statistics
Table B.4 The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 5,408 of whom 2,464 were men and 2,944 were women.

Notable people

Teferra Wolde-Semait Teferra Wolde-Semait ( gez, ተፈራ ወልደሰማዕት; 11 September 1938 – 25 June 2013) was an Ethiopian politician who has served as Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (Ethiopia), Ministry of Finance and Economic Development ...

, former Minister of Finance, Ethiopia * Sileshi Sihin,

n long-distance runner

References

Populated places in the Oromia Region {{Oromia-geo-stub