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Abdullah Tahir
Abdullah Tahir was a Yemeni-Ethiopian governor of Jigjiga in Ethiopia at the end of the nineteenth century.
African wild dog
The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus), also known as the painted dog or Cape hunting dog, is a wild canine native to sub-Saharan Africa.
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Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (أحمد بن إبراهيمالغازي, Harari: አሕመድ ኢብራሂም አል-ጋዚ, Axmed Ibraahim al-Qaasi; 21 July 1506 – 10 February 1543) was the Imam of the Adal Sultanate from 1527 to 1543.
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Akisho
The Akisho (Somali: Akiisho, Arabic: أكيشو) is a northern Somali clan, a sub-division of the Dir clan family.
Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya
Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya (AIAI; lit) was an Islamist politico-military group in Somalia.
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Amhara people
Amharas (Āmara; ʾÄməḥära) are a Semitic-speaking ethnic group which is indigenous to Ethiopia, traditionally inhabiting parts of the northwest Highlands of Ethiopia, particularly inhabiting the Amhara Region.
Amhara Region
The Amhara Region (Åmara Kilil), officially the Amhara National Regional State, is a regional state in northern Ethiopia and the homeland of the Amhara, Awi, Xamir, Argoba, and Qemant people.
Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement
The Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement was a joint effort between Ethiopia and the United Kingdom at reestablishing Ethiopian independent statehood following the ousting of Italian troops by combined British and Ethiopian forces in 1941 during the Second World War.
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Arabic
Arabic (اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ, or عَرَبِيّ, or) is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world.
Battle of Jijiga
The Battle of Jijiga was a series of battles that was part of the Ogaden War.
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Berbera
Berbera (Barbara, بربرة) is the capital of the Sahil region of Somaliland and is the main sea port of the country, located approximately 160 km from the national capital, Hargeisa.
Capital city
A capital city or just capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational division, usually as its seat of the government.
Central Statistical Agency
The Central Statistical Agency (CSA; Amharic: ማዕከላዊ ስታቲስቲክስ ኤጀንሲ) is an agency of the government of Ethiopia designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that country used to monitor economic and social growth, as well as to act as an official training center in that field.
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Climate
Climate is the long-term weather pattern in a region, typically averaged over 30 years.
Darod
The Darod (Daarood, دارود) is a Somali clan.
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Derg
The Derg (or Dergue), officially the Provisional Military Administrative Council (PMAC), was the Marxist–Leninist military dictatorship that ruled Ethiopia, then including present-day Eritrea, from 1974 to 1987, when the military leadership or junta formally "civilianized" the administration but stayed in power until 1991.
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Dervish movement (Somali)
The Dervish Movement (Dhaqdhaqaaqa Daraawiish) was an armed resistance movement between 1899 and 1920, which was led by the Salihiyya Sufi Muslim poet and militant leader Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, also known as Sayyid Mohamed, who called for independence from the British and Italian colonisers and for the defeat of Ethiopian forces.
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East Africa Time
East Africa Time, or EAT, is a time zone used in eastern Africa.
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East African campaign (World War II)
The East African campaign (also known as the Abyssinian campaign) was fought in East Africa during the Second World War by Allies of World War II, mainly from the British Empire, against Italy and its colony of Italian East Africa, between June 1940 and November 1941.
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Ethiopia
Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa.
Ethiopian aristocratic and court titles
Until the end of the Ethiopian monarchy in 1974, there were two categories of nobility in Ethiopia and Eritrea.
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Ethiopian calendar
The Ethiopian calendar (ዓውደ ወር; ዓዉደ ወርሕ; ዓዉደ ኣዋርሕ), or Ge'ez calendar (Ge'ez: ዓዉደ ወርሕ; Tigrinya: ዓዉደ ኣዋርሕ; የኢትዮጲያ ዘመን ኣቆጣጠር) is the official state civil calendar of Ethiopia and serves as an unofficial customary cultural calendar in Eritrea, and among Ethiopians and Eritreans in the diaspora.
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Fafan Zone
Fafan (Faafan) is a zone in Somali Region of Ethiopia.
Gadabuursi
The Gadabuursi (Somali: Gadabuursi, Arabic: جادابورسي), also known as Samaroon (Arabic: قبيلة سَمَرُون), is a northern Somali clan, a sub-division of the Dir clan family.
Geri Koombe
The Geri Koombe (Geri Koombe, جرئ كومبي) is a sub-clan of Darod, a prominent Somali clan with the earliest records of Garadship.
Germame Neway
Germame Neway (14 August 1924 – 24 December 1960) was an Ethiopian politician known for his role in 1960 Ethiopian coup d'état attempt.
Gidaya
Gidaya (Harari: ጊዳየ Gidayä; Somali: Gidaaya), also known as Gedaya or Jidaya was a historical Muslim state located around present-day eastern Ethiopia.
Gode
Gode (Godey, ጎዴ) is a city in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Jijiga and Gode are cities and towns in Ethiopia.
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Gurage people
The Gurage (Gurage: ጉራጌ, ቤተ-ጉርዓ, ቤተ-ጉራጌ) are a Semitic-speaking ethnic group inhabiting Ethiopia.
Habr Awal
The Awal, also contemporarily known as the Habr Awal, Subeer Awal, and alternately known as the Zubeyr Awal (Habar Awal, هبر أول., Full Name: Zubeyr ibn Abd al-Raḥmān ibn ash-Shaykh Isḥāq ibn Aḥmad) is one of the largest subclans of the wider Isaaq clan family, and is further divided into eight sub-clans of whom the two largest and most prominent are the Isamusa and Sa'ad Musa sub-clans.
Haile Selassie
Haile Selassie I (Power of the Trinity; born Tafari Makonnen; 23 July 189227 August 1975) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974.
Harar
Harar (ሐረር; Harari: ሀረር; Adare Biyyo; Herer; هرر), known historically by the indigenous as Harar-Gey or simply Gey (Harari: ጌይ Gēy), is a walled city in eastern Ethiopia. Jijiga and Harar are cities and towns in Ethiopia.
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Harari people
The Harari people (Harari: ጌይ ኡሱኣች Gēy Usuach, "People of the City") are a Semitic-speaking ethnic group which inhabits the Horn of Africa.
Harari Region
The Harari Region (Harari: ሀረሪ ሑስኒ), officially the Harari People's National Regional State (የሐረሪ ሕዝብ ብሔራዊ ክልላዊ መንግሥት; Mootummaa Naannoo Ummata Hararii; Harari: ዚሀረሪ ኡምመት ሑስኒ ሑኩማ), is a regional state in eastern Ethiopia, covering the homeland of the Harari people.
Haud
The Haud (also Hawd), formerly known as the Hawd Reserve Area, is a plateau situated in the Horn of Africa consisting of thorn-bush and grasslands.
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Hyena
Hyenas or hyaenas (from Ancient Greek ὕαινα) are feliform carnivoran mammals belonging to the family Hyaenidae.
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Islam
Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.
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Jidwaq (clan)
The Jidwaq (Jidwaaq, جيدواق) is a major subclan, part of one of the largest Somali clans families, the Absame Darod.
Jijiga Gerad Wilwal Airport
Gerad Wilwal Airport (also known as Garaad Wiil-Waal Airport) is a public airport serving Jijiga, the capital city of the Somali Region in eastern Ethiopia.
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Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London
The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London was a scholarly geographic journal published by the Royal Geographical Society from 1831 to 1880.
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Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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Law enforcement in Ethiopia
Law enforcement in Ethiopia is dealt with by the Ethiopian Federal Police at federal level and by regional police commissions in the Regions of Ethiopia.
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List of zones of Ethiopia
The regions of Ethiopia are administratively divided into 68 or more zones (ዞን, zonə), (Godina).
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Local extinction
Local extinction, also extirpation, is the termination of a species (or other taxon) in a chosen geographic area of study, though it still exists elsewhere.
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Mayor
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.
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Nasibu Zeamanuel
Nasibu Zeamanuel, also Nasibu Zamanuael or Nasibu Emmanual in some texts (Amharic: ነሲቡ ዘአማኑኤል; 1893 – 16 October 1936), was an army commander of the Ethiopian Empire.
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Nega Mezlekia
Nega Mezlekia (Amharic: ነጋ መዝለቂያ; born 1958) is an Ethiopian writer who writes in English.
Oceanic climate
An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification represented as Cfb, typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool to warm summers and cool to mild winters (for their latitude), with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature.
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Ogaden
Ogaden (pronounced and often spelled Ogadēn; Ogaadeen, ውጋዴ/ውጋዴን) is one of the historical names used for the modern Somali Region which forms the eastern portion of Ethiopia and borders Somalia.
Ogaden National Liberation Front
The Ogaden National Liberation Front (abbreviated ONLF, Jabhadda Wadaniga Xoreynta Ogaadeeniya; translit) is a social and political movement, founded in 1984 to campaign for the right to self-determination for Somalis in the Ogaden or Somali Region of Ethiopia.
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Ogaden War
The Ogaden War, also known as the Ethio-Somali War (ye’ītiyop’iya somalīya t’orinet), was a military conflict fought between Somalia and Ethiopia from July 1977 to March 1978 over the sovereignty of Ogaden.
Oromo language
Oromo (or; Afaan Oromoo), historically also called Galla (a name regarded as pejorative by the Oromo), is an Afroasiatic language that belongs to the Cushitic branch.
Oromo people
The Oromo people (pron. Oromo: Oromoo) are a Cushitic ethnic group native to the Oromia region of Ethiopia and parts of Northern Kenya.
Population growth
Population growth is the increase in the number of people in a population or dispersed group.
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Regions of Ethiopia
Ethiopia is a federation subdivided into ethno-linguistically based regional states (Amharic: plural: ክልሎች kililoch; singular: ክልል kilil; Oromo: singular: Naannoo; plural: Naannolee) and chartered cities (Amharic: plural: አስተዳደር አካባቢዎች astedader akababiwoch; singular: አስተዳደር አካባቢ astedader akabibi).
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Richard Francis Burton
Sir Richard Francis Burton (19 March 1821 – 20 October 1890) was a British explorer, writer, orientalist scholar, and soldier.
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Rodolfo Graziani
Rodolfo Graziani, 1st Marquis of Neghelli (11 August 1882 – 11 January 1955), was a prominent Italian military officer in the Kingdom of Italy's Royal Army, primarily noted for his campaigns in Africa before and during World War II.
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Sa'ad Musa
The Sa'ad Musa or Saad Musa (Sacad Muuse, سعد موسى, Full Name: Saad ibn Musa ibn Zubayr ibn Abd al-Raḥmān ibn ash-Shaykh Isḥāq ibn Aḥmad) is a northern Somali clan.
Second Italo-Ethiopian War
The Second Italo-Ethiopian War, also referred to as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, was a war of aggression waged by Italy against Ethiopia, which lasted from October 1935 to February 1937.
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Seyoum Mesfin
Seyoum Mesfin Gebredingel (25 January 1949 – 13 January 2021) was an Ethiopian politician and diplomat.
Sheekhaal
The Sheekhaal (var. Sheikhaal, شيخال), also known as Fiqi Cumar is a clan that inhabits Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti and with considerable numbers also found in the Northern Frontier District (NFD) in Kenya.
Sidamo Province
Sidamo Province (Amharic: ሲዳሞ) was a province in the southern part of Ethiopia, with its capital city at Irgalem, and after 1985 at Awasa.
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Somali Armed Forces
The Somali Armed Forces are the military forces of the Federal Republic of Somalia.
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Somali language
Somali (Latin script: Af-Soomaali; Wadaad:; Osmanya: 𐒖𐒍 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘) is an Afroasiatic language belonging to the Cushitic branch.
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Somali people
The Somali people (Soomaalida, Osmanya: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒆𐒖, Wadaad) are a Cushitic ethnic group native to the Horn of Africa who share a common ancestry, culture and history.
Somali Region
The Somali Region (Deegaanka Soomaalida, Sumalē Kilil, Oromo: Naannoo somaalee, المنطقة الصومالية.), also known as Soomaali Galbeed and officially the Somali Regional State, is a regional state in eastern Ethiopia.
Somali Youth League
The Somali Youth League (SYL, Ururka Dhalinyarada Soomaaliyeed 𐒚𐒇𐒚𐒇𐒏𐒖 𐒊𐒖𐒐𐒘𐒒𐒕𐒖𐒇𐒖𐒆𐒖 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒜𐒆, Arabic: رابطة الشباب الصومالي, Lega dei Giovani Somali or Lega Somala della Gioventù), initially known as the Somali Youth Club (SYC), was the first political party in Somalia.
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Somalia
Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa.
Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region
The Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (often abbreviated as SNNPR; Yädäbub Bḥer Bḥeräsäbočna Hzboč Kllə) was a regional state in southwestern Ethiopia.
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Tamrat Layne
Tamrat Layne Admassu (ታምራት ላይኔ አድማሱ; born 1955) is an Ethiopian former politician who served as the Prime Minister of Ethiopia during the Transitional Government of Ethiopia after the end of the Derg regime.
Tekle Hawariat Tekle Mariyam
Tekle Hawariat Tekle Mariyam (Amharic: ተክለ ሐዋርዓት ተክለ ማሪያም; June 1884 – April 1977) was an Ethiopian politician, an Amhara aristocrat and intellectual of the Japanizer school of thought.
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The Geographical Journal
The Geographical Journal is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers).
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Tigray Region
The Tigray Region (or simply Tigray; officially the Tigray National Regional State) is the northernmost regional state in Ethiopia.
Tigrayans
Tigrayans (ተጋሩ) are a Semitic-speaking ethnic group indigenous to the Tigray Region of northern Ethiopia.
Wards of Ethiopia
A ward (translit; Gandaa) is the smallest administrative unit of Ethiopia: a ward, a neighbourhood or a localized and delimited group of people.
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Western Somali Liberation Front
The Western Somali Liberation Front (Jabhadda Xoreynta Somali Galbeed; abbreviated WSLF) was a Somali movement fighting in eastern Ethiopia to liberate the Ogaden region from Ethiopian control.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
Yekatit 12
Yekatit 12, also known in Italy as the Addis Ababa massacre (Strage di Addis Ababa), is a date in the Ge'ez calendar which refers to the massacre and imprisonment of Ethiopians by the Italian occupation forces following an attempted assassination of Marshal Rodolfo Graziani, Marquis of Negele, Viceroy of Italian East Africa, on 19 February 1937.
Zeila
Zeila (Saylac, Zayla), also known as Zaila or Zayla, is a historical port town in the western Awdal region of Somaliland.
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1960 Ethiopian coup attempt
The 1960 Ethiopian coup d'etat attempt (የታህሳሱ ግርግር) was perpetrated against Emperor Haile Selassie on 13 December 1960.
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1st (African) Division
The 1st (African) Division was a British Empire colonial unit during the Second World War.
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1st (West Africa) Infantry Brigade
The 1st (West Africa) Infantry Brigade was an infantry formation of the British Army during the Second World War.
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References
Also known as Jigjiga, Jigjiga region.