North Shewa Zone
North Shewa is a zone in Oromia Region of Ethiopia. North Shewa takes its name from the kingdom of Shewa or former province of Shewa. North Shewa is bordered on the south by Addis Ababa on the southwest by West Shewa, on the north by North Shewa, and on the southeast by East Shewa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: zone of Ethiopia with 1,430,000 residents
- Description: Oromia Region, Ethiopia
- Also known as: “North Shewa” and “Shewa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Debre Libanos.
Debre Libanos
Church
Photo: Tagooty, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Debre Libanos is an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo monastery, lying northwest of Addis Ababa in the North Shewa Zone of the Oromia Region. It was founded in 1284 by Saint Tekle Haymanot as Debre Atsbo and was renamed as Debre Libanos in the 15th century. Debre Libanos is situated 6 km northeast of North Shewa Zone.
North Shewa Zone
- Location: Oromiya, Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Zulu—“North Shewa Zone” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Shawaa Kaabaa”
- Cebuano: “North Shewa Zone (dapit sa Etiopia, Oromiya Region)”
- Cebuano: “North Shewa Zone”
- Chinese: “北施瓦地區 (奧羅米亞州)”
- Chinese: “北施瓦地區”
- French: “Nord Choa”
- French: “Nord Shewa”
- French: “Semien Shewa”
- French: “zone Nord Choa”
- French: “zone Semien Shewa”
- Italian: “Scioa settentrionale”
- Italian: “Shewa settentrionale”
- Japanese: “セミエン・ショア地区”
- Oromo: “Shawaa Kaabaa”
- Swedish: “Semien Shewa”
- Zulu: “North Shewa Zone (Oromia)”
- Zulu: “North Shewa Zone”
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