Nefas Mewcha

Coordinates: 11°44′N 38°28′E / 11.733°N 38.467°E / 11.733; 38.467
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Nefas Mewcha
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Nefas Mewcha is a town in northern

woreda
.

Nefas Mewcha lies on the main Debre Tabor - Weldiya highway (also known as the Chinese road), providing it with an all-year link to the Zonal capital of Weldiya.[1]

History

One of the earliest mentions of Nefas Mewcha is in the Royal chronicle of Emperor

Susenyos, where the Emperor stopped during his campaign against the rebel Yona'el in 1620.[2]

The Scots explorer

Iyoas I fought a battle against the governor of Begemder, Ya Mariam Bariaw, who had killed his uncle Birale in an earlier battle. Ya Mariam Bariaw was defeated, and severely wounded; he fled to the nearby Wollo, who handed Ya Mariam Bariaw back to the half-Oromo Emperor for punishment.[5]

By 1964, Nefas Mewcha was the administrative center of Gayint awraja.[6]

mass rape, gang rape, physical and verbal assaults, on top of looting medical facilities and private property.[7]

Demographics

Based on figures from the

Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Nefas Mewcha has an estimated total population of 18,691, of whom 9,009 are men and 9,682 were women.[8]
The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 10,808, of whom 4,780 were men and 6,068 were women.

Notes

  1. ^ Hans Spiess, "Field Trip Report to South Gonder, North Welo and Oromiya Zones of Region 3 (Amhara) and the Southern Zone of Region 1 (Tigray)" Archived 2005-01-21 at the Wayback Machine UNDP-EUE Report (accessed 15 December 2009)
  2. G.W.B. Huntingford
    , The historical geography of Ethiopia from the first century AD to 1704, (Oxford University Press: 1989), p. 174
  3. ^ Bruce, Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile (1805 edition), vol. 4 p. 176
  4. ^ Bruce, James (1768). Travels through part of Africa, Syria, Egypt and Arabia into Abyssinia to discover the Source of the Nile. pp. 218–219.
  5. ^ Bruce, Travels, vol. 4 pp. 177f
  6. ^ "Local History in Ethiopia" Archived 2011-05-28 at the Wayback Machine The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 18 December 2009)
  7. ^ "Ethiopia: Survivors of TPLF attack in Amhara describe gang rape, looting and physical assaults". Amnesty International. 2021-11-09. Archived from the original on 2021-11-10. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  8. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics Archived 2007-08-13 at the Wayback Machine, Table B.4
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