Jiren | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 7°42′04″N 36°52′20″E / 7.70117°N 36.87219°E | |
Country | Ethiopia |
Region | Oromia |
Zone | Jimma Zone |
Founded in | 1830 |
Founded by | Abba Jifar I |
Jiren was the former capital of the Kingdom of Jimma, in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Today it is a village or suburb [1] on the outskirts of the city of Jimma, consisting of approximately 2500 unregistered households. [2]
Jiren was founded in the reign of Abba Jifar I (1830–1855), the first king of the Kingdom of Jimma. [3]
Following the death of Abba Jifar II in 1932, the Kingdom of Jimma was annexed by the Ethiopian Empire and Jiren declined as a political centre. Writing in 1965, Herbert S. Lewis observed that the palace complex had disappeared and it had "shrunken to a settlement of a few hundred people who run some shops, bars and brothels". [4] Most of its residents moved to Hirmata, which in 1936 was amalgamated with Jiren by the Italian colonial administration to form the new city of Jimma, the capital of Galla-Sidamo Governorate. [5]
Jiren | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 7°42′04″N 36°52′20″E / 7.70117°N 36.87219°E | |
Country | Ethiopia |
Region | Oromia |
Zone | Jimma Zone |
Founded in | 1830 |
Founded by | Abba Jifar I |
Jiren was the former capital of the Kingdom of Jimma, in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Today it is a village or suburb [1] on the outskirts of the city of Jimma, consisting of approximately 2500 unregistered households. [2]
Jiren was founded in the reign of Abba Jifar I (1830–1855), the first king of the Kingdom of Jimma. [3]
Following the death of Abba Jifar II in 1932, the Kingdom of Jimma was annexed by the Ethiopian Empire and Jiren declined as a political centre. Writing in 1965, Herbert S. Lewis observed that the palace complex had disappeared and it had "shrunken to a settlement of a few hundred people who run some shops, bars and brothels". [4] Most of its residents moved to Hirmata, which in 1936 was amalgamated with Jiren by the Italian colonial administration to form the new city of Jimma, the capital of Galla-Sidamo Governorate. [5]