Awrajja ( am, አውራጃ) were the third-level country subdivisions which subdivided the

Provinces of Ethiopia Historically, Ethiopia was divided into provinces, further subdivided into ''awrajja''s or districts, until they were replaced by regions of Ethiopia, ethnically-based regions (''kililoch'') and chartered cities in 1995. History Pre-1936 Older p ...

prior to 1996. Awrajja roughly translates to "

county A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

" or "sub-province", and contained a number of "woreda" or districts, the fourth level subdivision of

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 ...

. In 1996, the provinces and awrajja of Ethiopia were replaced with Regions ( Kilil) and Zones, and Awrajja ceased to serve an administrative function, though they retain cultural significance.

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