Hāgere Selam, Ethiopia
Hāgere Selam is a town of 5,169 people in Sidama Region, Ethiopia.
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About Hāgere Selam
Hagere Selam (Amharic: ሀገረ ሰላም) is a town in southern Ethiopia. Located in the Sidama Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region (or kilil), this town has a latitude and longitude of 6°29′N 38°31′E and an elevation between 2759 and 2829 meters above sea level.
From the Wikipedia article Hagere Selam (Sidama) (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
History
Hagere Selam was reportedly founded in 1907 by Dejazmach Balcha Safo, to serve as the capital of Sidamo Province. His court was described by John Boyes: "The apartment was large and handsomely appointed, the floor covered with Turkish carpets, and the ceiling composed of reed work of various colours in a circular design. Above the throne was a canopy, lined with red and draped with red curtains. The general kept his court with something like royal state."
Dejazmach Balcha soon left to govern Harar for three years, returning to Hagere Selam in 1916. Ras Desta Damtew in the 1930s moved the provincial capital to Irgalem after he became governor, because Irgalem was more conveniently situated on a motorable road.
Hagere Selam was occupied 11 December 1936 by a column of the Italian Laghi Division which advanced south from Aleta Wendo. The Italians renamed the town Hula, in order to avoid Amharic names. Within a few years the Guida dell'Africa Orientale Italiana described the town as an important market for coffee, hides, and cattle. Amenities included the Vice residenza, telegraph, infirmary, restaurant, and spacci. Of the four churches in Hagere Selam, Kidane Mihret was the principal one followed by medhanialem, Silassie and Giorgyes. The Italians started construction of a mosque at this time. The town was retaken by elements of the British 11th (African) Division on 18 May 1941.
From the History section of Hagere Selam (Sidama) on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Hawassa Airport (AWA) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 70 km away.
- Wendo 17 km northwest, about 17 min by car
- Dīla 23 km west, about 23 min by car
- Ch’iko 23 km northwest, about 23 min by car
- Yirga ‘Alem 32 km north, about 32 min by car
- Wenago 33 km southwest, about 33 min by car
- Leku 44 km north, about 44 min by car
- Yirga Ch’efē 50 km southwest, about 50 min by car
- Bedēsa 62 km northwest, about 1 h by car
- Awasa 65 km north, about 1 h by car
- Dimtu 66 km northwest, about 1 h by car
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