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About Ādīs ‘Alem
Addis Alem (Amharic: አዲስ ዓለም, New World; also known as Ejerie) is a town in central Ethiopia. Located in the West Shewa Zone of the Oromia Region, west of Addis Ababa, this town has a latitude and longitude of 9°2′N 38°24′E with an elevation of about 2360 meters above sea level.
From the Wikipedia article Addis Alem (town) (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
Ejerie was founded in 1900 by Menelik II as a new capital city; Empress Taytu Betul picked the name. Although at one point he had 20,000 members of the Welega Oromo busy in constructing buildings in the new city, by 1903 he decided to keep the capital at Addis Ababa. However, it was used by the Emperor as his summer palace during the following years. The first paved road in Ethiopia was constructed between Ejerie and the capital, the work beginning in 1903, and reported in quite usable condition the next year.
Around 1930, most of the wood for the buildings and furniture in Addis Ababa was sawn from the forests near Addis Alem. During the Italian occupation, a factory for the production of slaked lime was established during the Italian time, and in its first year of production it turned out 30,000 hundredweights of the material. On 2 December 1940 the Arbegnoch, led by Admiqe Besha, attacked the Italian garrison. The Italians lost 72 men, and 2,007 rifles, cannons and hand grenades. On 3 April in the following year, the Italians sent a cavalry regiment 450 strong to recapture Ejerie; There it was defeated by the Arbegnoch superior numbers, leaving 42 men on the ground and 30 other injured including the regiment commander Vittorio Casardi.
From the History section of Addis Alem (town) on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 44 km away.
- Genet 12 km east, about 12 min by car
- Sebeta 27 km southeast, about 27 min by car
- Gīnch’ī 27 km west, about 27 min by car
- Burayu 29 km east, about 29 min by car
- Addis Ababa 38 km east, about 38 min by car
- Tulu Bolo 45 km southwest, about 45 min by car
- Hāgere Hiywet 61 km west, about 1 h by car
- Sendafa 70 km east, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Bishoftu 71 km southeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Waliso 73 km southwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
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