Negele Arsi Explained

Official Name:Negele Arsi
Native Name Lang:om
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Ethiopia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Ethiopia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Ethiopia
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Type2:Zone
Subdivision Name2:West Arsi
Subdivision Type3:Woreda
Subdivision Name3:Arsi Negele
Population As Of:2005
Population Total:42,054
Timezone:EAT
Utc Offset:+3
Coordinates:7.35°N 80°W
Elevation M:2043

Negele Arsi or Arsi Negele, is a city in southeastern Ethiopia. Located in the West Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region on the paved highway north of Shashamane, this town has a longitude and latitude of 7.35°N 80°W and an elevation of 2,043 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Arsi Negele District

History

Negele Arsi has had electrical power since the 1950s, as well as telephone and postal service by 1967.[1] The town's economic catchment extends beyond the woreda, attracting peasants from Shashamene woreda who trade cereal and potatoes for cattle and seeds at the weekly market, which is held each Monday.[2]

Prince Sahle Selassie was a very substantial landowner around Negele Arsi. By the early 1970s, half of Arsi Negele District was owned by his descendants. The town was used as a mobilization point for units of the regular army during 1971, whence they responded to the disorders that followed evictions when landowners mechanised farms.[1]

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Negele Arsi has an estimated total population of 42,054, of whom 21,120 are men and 20,934 are women.[3] According to the 1994 national census, the town had a population of 23,512, of whom 11,425 were men and 12,058 were women.

Note

There are at least three other smaller towns named Negele in Arsi and West Arsi zones:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Local History in Ethiopia . The Nordic Africa Institute website . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927023043/http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/A/ORTARG.pdf . 27 September 2007 . 8 December 2018.
  2. Web site: Ethiopian Village Studies II: Turufe Kecheme, Shashemene Wereda, East Shewa Zone, Oromia Region . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110728172552/http://www.wed-ethiopia.org/docs/cpii_turufe_no_photos.pdf . University of Bath . 2006 . 28 July 2011 . 30 . Wellbeing in Developing Countries, Ethiopia website . 10 September 2009.
  3. Web site: CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4 . Central Statistical Agency . 2005 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120214221625/http://www.csa.gov.et/surveys/National%20statistics/national%20statistics%202005/Population.pdf . 14 February 2012.