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    Gojjam (Amharic: ጎጃም gōjjām, originally ጐዛም gʷazzam, later ጐዣም gʷažžām, ጎዣም gōžžām) is a historical provincial kingdom in northwestern Ethiopia, with...
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    as Adal Tesema, Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and Tekle Haimanot of Gojjam (c. 1847 – 10 January 1901), was King of Gojjam. He later was an army commander and...
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    Gojjam (Amharic: ምዕራብ ጎጃም) or Mirab Gojjam is a Zone in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. It is named after the former province of Gojjam. West Gojjam is...
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    East Gojjam (Amharic: ምሥራቅ ጎጃም), also called Misraq Gojjam, is a zone in Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Its capital is Debre Markos. East Gojjam is named...
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    title bestowed on governors of the most important provinces (kingdoms): Gojjam, Begemder, Wello, Tigray and the seaward kingdom, (where the variation Bahri...
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    events that degraded Haile Selassie reputations include overtaxing system in Gojjam since 1930, famines in Wollo and Tigray since 1958, and autocratic land...
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    woreda) Agew Awi East Gojjam North Gondar Central Gondar West Gondar Wag Hemra West Gojjam Bahir Dar (special zone) West Gojjam South Gondar North Wollo...
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  • Hailu Tekle Haymanot (1868 – 1950), also named Hailu II of Gojjam, was an army commander and a member of the nobility of the Ethiopian Empire. He represented...
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  • (Amharic: ዲማ) is a village in west-central Ethiopia. Located in the Misraq Gojjam Zone of the Amhara Region, it has a latitude and longitude of 10°0′N 38°29′E...
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    covertly to encourage the rebellion in the western Ethiopian province of Gojjam, that the Italians had never been able to repress. In September, Colonel...
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    Ras Darge. The oldest junior cadet branch of the Solomonic Dynasty is the Gojjam branch which traces its ancestry through various lines of the main branch...
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  • woredas in the West Gojjam Zone of the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Its name comes from its largest town, Bure. Part of the Mirab Gojjam Zone, Bure is bordered...
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    Gobe Wollega North Wollo South Wollo (Dessie) Gambela West Gojjam (Bahr Dar) East Gojjam (Debre Markos) North Gondar South Gondar (Debre Tabor) Jerusalem...
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    Amhara-Ethiopian military commander who led the Arbegnoch resistance movement in Gojjam against the Fascist Italians during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia from...
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  • Force launched a drone strike on the town of Finote Selam, in the West Gojjam Zone of Amhara Region in Ethiopia which killed 30 people while injuring...
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  • According to Alleqa Taye, in the year 1922 Gafat was only spoken privately in Gojjam due to the Amhara designating them outcasts. A few linguists have postulated...
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    Semien and Begemder, Sayint, Gojjam, Wollo and Shewa. He crowned Menelik King of Shewa in 1878 and Tekle Haymanot King of Gojjam and Kaffa in 1881 and encouraged...
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    The Patriot movement was primarily based in the rural Shewa, Gondar and Gojjam provinces, though it drew support from all over occupied Ethiopia. Several...
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    Gojjam. A letter survives from his son Abba Bagibo to Dejazmach Goshu Zewde, seeking an alliance against a mutual foe. The armies of Shewa and Gojjam...
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    Africa came under the suzerainty of the Ethiopian Empire. Stretching from Gojjam to the Somali Coast in Zelia. Among these Muslim entities was the Sultanate...
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  • Serae Shewa (Efrata, Geshe) Shire Wag Kingdom of Beta Israel Dembiya Gafat Gojjam Waldebba Semien Wegera Qwara Tsegede Wolqayt Kingdom of Damot Dawro Enarya...
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  • Walda Giyorgis (died June 1918) was an ecclesiastic during the reign of Menelik II. Walda Giyorgis was a monk of Amhara lineage, who in his early years...
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  • career to involve himself in the Pentecostal Church. Muluken was born in Gojjam, a province in northern Ethiopia now a Zonal Administration in the Amhara...
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    rulers of Begemder, Shewa, Gojjam, Wollo, all held the title of Negus at some point, as the "Negus of Shewa", "Negus of Gojjam", and so forth. During and...
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  • transliterated Burye is a town in western Ethiopia. Located in the Mirab Gojjam Zone of the Amhara Region, this town has a longitude and latitude of 10°42′N...
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  • Agegnehu Teshager. Temesegen Tiruneh was born in the small town of Bichena, Gojjam Province, Ethiopia. He attended primary and secondary school at Belay Zeleke...
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    smoldering rebellion there. In 1932, Imru was promoted to Ras and made ruler of Gojjam province. Imru replaced Ras Hailu Tekle Haymanot, who had been convicted...
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    Mark) is a city, separate woreda, and administrative seat of the East Gojjam Zone in Amhara Region, Ethiopia. Originally named Manqwarar (lit: Cold Place)...
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    advanced from Gojjam, his forces were bombed for the first time. Badly shaken by the bombing, about half his army abandoned him to return to Gojjam. Imru then...
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  • (Amharic: ሞጣ) is a town in northwest Ethiopia. It is located in the Misraq Gojjam Zone of the Amhara Region on the secondary road that links Dejen with Bahir...
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