North Shewa Zone
North Shewa is a zone in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. North Shewa takes its name from the kingdom and former province of Shewa. The Zone is bordered on the south and the west by the Oromia Region, on the north by South Wollo, on the northeast by the Oromia Zone, and on the east by the Afar Region.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: zone of Ethiopia with 1,840,000 residents
- Description: zone in Amhara Region, Ethiopia
- Also known as: “North Shewa” and “Semien Shewa Zone”
North Shewa Zone
- Location: Amhara, Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Zulu—“North Shewa Zone” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “North Shewa Zone”
- Chinese: “北施瓦地区”
- Chinese: “北施瓦地區”
- French: “Nord Choa”
- French: “Semien Shewa”
- French: “zone Nord Choa”
- French: “zone Semien Shewa”
- Hebrew: “שאווה הצפונית”
- Hebrew: “שוואה הצפונית”
- Italian: “Semien Scioa”
- Italian: “Semien Shewa, Amara”
- Japanese: “北シェワ県”
- Russian: “Северная Шоа”
- Swedish: “Semien Shewa”
- Zulu: “North Shewa Zone (Amhara)”
- Zulu: “North Shewa Zone”
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