Shashemene

Shashamane is a city in southern . Located in the with a 2007 Census population of 100,454, but with an estimated 208,368 inhabitants in mid 2022; the town is known for its Rastafarian community.
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  • Type: City with 208,000 residents
  • Description: town in Ethiopia
  • Also known as: “Sciasciamanne”, “Shaashamannee”, “Shashamana”, “Shashamane”, “Shāshamani”, “Shashamanna”, “Shashamanni”, “Shashemene Town”, “シャシャマネ”, and “沙沙梅恩”

Shashemene

Latitude
7.2039° or 7° 12′ 14″ north
Longitude
38.609° or 38° 36′ 32″ east
Population
208,000
Elevation
1,924 metres (6,312 feet)
UN/LOCODE
ET S7O
Open location code
6GVW6J35+HH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 14058011683
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
328689
Wiki­data ID
Q731020
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Shashemene” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ሻሸመኔ”
  • Arabic: “شاشامانه”
  • Asturian: “Shashamane”
  • Belarusian: “Шашэмэнэ”
  • Bengali: “শাসহেমেন”
  • Cebuano: “Shashemenē”
  • Chinese: “沙沙山”
  • Chinese: “沙舍摩內”
  • Croatian: “Šašamane”
  • Czech: “Šašemane”
  • Danish: “Shashamane”
  • Dutch: “Shashemene”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شاشامان”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝaŝamane”
  • Finnish: “Shashamane”
  • French: “Shashamané”
  • German: “Shashemene”
  • Greek: “Σάσαμανε”
  • Greek: “Σασεμένε”
  • Gujarati: “શશમન”
  • Hebrew: “ששאמנה”
  • Hindi: “शाशमेन”
  • Hungarian: “Shashamane”
  • Indonesian: “Shashamane”
  • Italian: “Sciasciamanna”
  • Japanese: “シャシャメイン”
  • Kannada: “ಶಶಾಮನೆ”
  • Korean: “샤샤마네”
  • Latvian: “Šašamane”
  • Lithuanian: “Šašamanė”
  • Malay: “Shashamane”
  • Marathi: “शशमन”
  • Northern Frisian: “Schaaschamanee”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shashamane”
  • Oromo: “Shaashamanne”
  • Oromo: “Shaashemannee”
  • Persian: “شاشامانه”
  • Polish: “Shashemene”
  • Polish: “Szaszemenie”
  • Portuguese: “Shashemane”
  • Romanian: “Shashamane”
  • Russian: “Шашэмэнне”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Šašamane”
  • Sinhala: “ශෂමනේ”
  • Spanish: “Shashamane”
  • Swahili: “Shashamane”
  • Swedish: “Shashemene”
  • Tajik: “Шашамане”
  • Tamil: “ஷாஷமானே”
  • Telugu: “షషమనే”
  • Thai: “ซาซามันนี”
  • Turkish: “Shashamane”
  • Ukrainian: “Шашемене”
  • Urdu: “شاشامانی”
  • Urdu: “شاشامانے”
  • Vietnamese: “Shashamane”
  • Zulu: “Shashamane”
  • “Shashemene”

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