Yesmala
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Yesmala is a town in western
A notable point of interest in Yesmala is the church of Yeldet Giyorgis ("The Daughter of George"). The town is located the midway between Bahir Dar and Kunzila next to Dilamo (small town of Debub Achefer woreda). The big Tana-Beles hydroelectric power plant is located on this route near Kunzila. Debub and semen Acehfer woreda were one woreda (Achefer Woreda) before they split into two. Achefer is a historical district which was first mentioned in the 16th century.
History
One of the earliest mentions of Yesmala is in the Royal chronicle of Emperor
During the Italian occupation, an Italian official was stationed in Yesmala. The town had a telegraph station and an infirmary.[3]
Yesmala is the home town of the known Ethiopian author and journalist, Abe Gubegna or Abbey Gubegna, (Amharic: አበ ጉበኛ)who was born in 1944 and died in 1980. One of Gubegna's works is "Aliwoledim," which roughly translates as "I Rufuse To Be Born," or "I Will Not Be Born." Gubegna also wrote "And LeNatu." Gubegna and his works were banished from Ethiopia. He is credited with penning the proverb, "Every day in Africa a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows that it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you better be running."
Demographics
Based on figures from the
The town has one elementary (called Abe Gubegna elementary school), one junior and one preparatory schools. It is a place where many scientists and wealthy people were/are born but the most neglected. The infrastructure (the road, the telecommunication, clean water supply and other infrastructures) are inadequate and poor. The town has no hospital. This town needs attention. Its calling the Ethiopian government and its people for help.
References
- ^ G.W.B. Huntingford, The historical geography of Ethiopia from the first century AD to 1704, (Oxford University Press: 1989), pp. 230f
- ^ Hormuzd Rassam, Narrative of the British Mission to Theodore, King of Abyssinia (London, 1869), vol. 1 p. 284
- ^ "Local History in Ethiopia" The Nordic Africa Institute website
- ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4