Kaffa (

Amharic Amharic is an Ethio-Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amhara people, and also serves as a lingua franca for all other metropolitan populati ...

: ካፋ) was a

province A province is an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire, Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...

on the southwestern side of

Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...

; its capital city was Bonga. Kaffa is bordered on the west by

Sudan Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi ...

, on the northwest by Illubabor, on the north by Walega, on the northeast by

Shewa Shewa (; ; Somali: Shawa; , ), formerly romanized as Shua, Shoa, Showa, Shuwa, is a historical region of Ethiopia which was formerly an autonomous kingdom within the Ethiopian Empire. The modern Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa is located at it ...

, on the east by Sidamo, and on the southeast by Gamu-Gofa. According to legend, ancestors of today's Kafficho people in southwest Ethiopia were the first to cultivate the

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plant and recognise the energising effect of the coffee beverage.

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{{Coord, 7, N, 37, E, region:ET_type:adm1st, display=title Provinces of Ethiopia States and territories disestablished in 1995 States and territories established in 1942

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