Sheka Zone

E247381
administrative zone subnational administrative division

Sheka Zone is an administrative area in southwestern Ethiopia known for its diverse ethnic groups, languages, and rich forested highland environment.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sheka Zone canonical 2
Bench Sheko Zone 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative zone ⓘ
subnational administrative division ⓘ
administrativeCenter Masha ⓘ
area 21750 square kilometers ⓘ
biosphereReserveDesignationYear 2012 ⓘ
borderedBy Sheka Zone self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bench Sheko Zone

Gambela Region ⓘ
Kafa ⓘ
surface form: Keffa Zone

Oromia Region ⓘ
capital Masha ⓘ
climate humid subtropical to temperate highland ⓘ
country Ethiopia ⓘ
elevation highland ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Amhara people ⓘ
Bench people ⓘ
Kafficho people ⓘ
Oromo people ⓘ
Shekacho people ⓘ
hasLanguage Amharic ⓘ
surface form: Amharic language

Kafa language ⓘ
Oromo ⓘ
surface form: Oromo language

Shekkacho language ⓘ
hasMajorTown Anderacha ⓘ
Masha ⓘ
Tepi ⓘ
hasNaturalFeature cloud forest ⓘ
montane rainforest ⓘ
hasNaturalResource non-timber forest products ⓘ
timber ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Sheka Forest Biosphere Reserve ⓘ
hasReligion Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
surface form: Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity

Islam ⓘ
Protestant Christianity ⓘ
hasUNESCOStatus Biosphere Reserve ⓘ
hasWoreda Anderacha woreda ⓘ
Masha woreda ⓘ
Yeki woreda ⓘ
knownFor coffee production ⓘ
enset cultivation ⓘ
forested highlands ⓘ
high biodiversity ⓘ
locatedIn Southwest Ethiopia Peoples Region ⓘ
southwestern Ethiopia ⓘ
mainEconomicActivity coffee farming ⓘ
livestock rearing ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
partOf Southwest Ethiopia Peoples Region ⓘ
recognizedBy UNESCO ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shabo language (proposed) → spokenIn → Sheka Zone ⓘ
subject surface form: Shabo language
Sheka Zone → borderedBy → Sheka Zone self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bench Sheko Zone
Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region → contains → Sheka Zone ⓘ