Shewa

E455094

former province historical region

Shewa is a historic central region of Ethiopia that has played a major political and cultural role in the formation of the modern Ethiopian state.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Shewa canonical	5
Jato, Shewa, Ethiopian Empire	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former province ⓘ historical region ⓘ
administrativeChange	abolished as province in 1990s federal reorganization ⓘ
borders	Arsi NERFINISHED ⓘ Gojjam NERFINISHED ⓘ Gurage NERFINISHED ⓘ Wollo NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Addis Ababa NERFINISHED ⓘ Ankober NERFINISHED ⓘ Debre Berhan NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsCity	Addis Ababa NERFINISHED ⓘ Ankober NERFINISHED ⓘ Debre Berhan NERFINISHED ⓘ Debre Zeit NERFINISHED ⓘ Fiche NERFINISHED ⓘ Holeta NERFINISHED ⓘ Mojo NERFINISHED ⓘ Nazret NERFINISHED ⓘ Sendafa NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Ethiopia ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Amhara NERFINISHED ⓘ Oromo NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalCapital	Ankober NERFINISHED ⓘ Debre Berhan NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEvent	base of Menelik II’s expansion to the south and east ⓘ center of power during unification of Ethiopia in late 19th century ⓘ
historicalRole	center of formation of modern Ethiopian state ⓘ core region of centralizing Ethiopian monarchy in 19th century ⓘ power base of several Ethiopian emperors ⓘ
integratedInto	Ethiopian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	highland plateau landscape ⓘ mixed Amhara–Oromo culture ⓘ political influence in Ethiopian history ⓘ
language	Amharic NERFINISHED ⓘ Oromo language NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	central Ethiopia ⓘ
modernDivision	Addis Ababa chartered city NERFINISHED ⓘ Amhara Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Oromia Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableRuler	Haile Melekot NERFINISHED ⓘ Menelik II NERFINISHED ⓘ Sahle Selassie of Shewa NERFINISHED ⓘ Wossen Seged NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Ethiopian Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ Islam ⓘ
ruledBy	Shewan Amhara nobility NERFINISHED ⓘ Solomonic dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeOfIntegration	late 19th century ⓘ
wasKingdom	Kingdom of Shewa NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Amhara (commonly reported) → associatedRegion → Shewa ⓘ

subject surface form: Amhara

Menelik II → birthPlace → Shewa ⓘ

Abebe Bikila → placeOfBirth → Shewa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jato, Shewa, Ethiopian Empire

Yeshimebet Ali → placeOfOrigin → Shewa ⓘ

Scioa → alternativeName → Shewa ⓘ

Ras Makonnen Wolde Mikael → associatedWith → Shewa ⓘ