# Selale

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{{short description|Former sub-province of north-central Ethiopia}}
'''Selale''' ({{Langx|am|ሰላሌ}}, {{Langx|om|Salaalee}}), was a [province](/source/Provinces_of_Ethiopia) of the [Ethiopian Empire](/source/Ethiopian_Empire) located south of [Gojjam](/source/Gojjam)s [Abay River](/source/Blue_Nile), west of [Merhabete's](/source/Merhabete) [Wenchit River](/source/Wanchet_River), and South of [Weleka district](/source/Dera%2C_Oromia) [Jemma River](/source/Jamma_River), north of [Entoto Mountains](/source/Entoto_Mountains), and east of the [Muger River](/source/Mugar_River)<ref>Huntingford, George Wynn (1989). The Historical Geography of Ethiopia: From the First Century AD to 1704. British Academy</ref> and centered around [Grarya](/source/Gerar_Jarso). It later became an [awrajja](/source/awrajja), or sub-province,  of [Shewa](/source/Shewa).<ref name=s>{{cite web|title=NIRAS in Ethiopia, October 2011|url=http://www.niras.com/business-areas/~/media/files/niras-com/development-consulting/nic-ethiopia-october-2011.ashx|accessdate=10 April 2014|archive-date=18 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131118223312/http://www.niras.com/business-areas/~/media/files/niras-com/development-consulting/nic-ethiopia-october-2011.ashx|url-status=dead}}</ref> The region was home to the important [Debre Libanos](/source/Debre_Libanos) monastery built by Saint [Tekle Haymanot](/source/Tekle_Haymanot) who was born in Zorare, a district in Selale which lied on the eastern edge of [Shewa](/source/Shewa), to a Christian family.<ref>G.W.B. Huntingford, ''The Historical Geography of Ethiopia'' (London: The British Academy, 1989), p. 69</ref> An [Oromo](/source/Oromo_people) subgroup inhabiting the [North Shewa Zone](/source/North_Shewa_Zone_(Oromia)) took their name from the original region.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fg1zCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA128|title=The Oromo and the Christian Kingdom of Ethiopia: 1300-1700|last=Hassen|first=Mohammed|date=2015|publisher=Boydell & Brewer|isbn=9781847011176|pages=128|language=en}}</ref> They have a population of approximately 2 million.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=54gyRnhIugkC&q=salale+oromo&pg=PA205|title=Peoples on the Move: Introducing the Nomads of the World|last=Phillips|first=David J.|date=2001|publisher=William Carey Library|isbn=9780878083527|pages=205|language=en}}</ref> The capital of the sub-province in the 20th century was [Fiche](/source/Fiche%2C_Ethiopia).<ref>{{cite web |title=Local history of Ethiopia : Fia - Fyanja |url=https://nai.uu.se/download/18.39fca04516faedec8b248ddd/1580829011314/ORTFI05.pdf |publisher=Nordic Africa Institute |access-date=8 June 2024}}</ref>

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