Sawla (Felege Neway)
Sawla (also known as Felege Neway) is a town in southern Ethiopia. Located in Gofa Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 6.3°N, 36.88333°W with an elevation of 1395 m above sea level. It is surrounded by Demba Gofa woreda.
The Founding of Sawla (Felege Neway).
The town was founded in 1959 during the reign of Emperor Haile Selassie. The main factors for its founding were its conducive climate and environment, fertile soil, suitability for expansion of infrastructure, the presence of an airport at that time, availability of water and different spices including coffee, and its importance as a business center. In 1963 the Gofa Awuraja was transferred to Sawla from Bulki and this played a role for the relatively fast structural development of the town.
The ancient name of Sawla is Felege Newaye. Sawla town has its present name from “Sa'a’’ ‘’wula” a Gofa word that means "the gate of land." This name was given because Sawla was serving as the center of business for the surrounding districts. In 2002/2003 the Southern Nations Nationality Peoples Regional State Works and Urban Development Bureau study has classified it as one of the city administrations in the region. Sawla is a reform and has a municipal status urban kebelle. The town got the first plan in 1965, and the current plan in 2002.
Records at the Nordic Africa Institute website provide details of the primary and secondary school in Sawla in 1968. A study to build a road to connect Sawla with Ameya in Ela woreda was conducted in 1996.
On 1 July 2008, the Ethiopian House of Peoples' Representatives voted to ratify a US$9 million loan agreement signed with the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa for the implementation of a rural electrification project linking Sawla and Key Afer in Hamer Bena woreda. The cost of this project would total US$43.89 million, of which the OPEC Fund for International Development has promised US$20 million, while the Ethiopian government will provide US$14 million.
The Founding of Sawla (Felege Neway).
The town was founded in 1959 during the reign of Emperor Haile Selassie. The main factors for its founding were its conducive climate and environment, fertile soil, suitability for expansion of infrastructure, the presence of an airport at that time, availability of water and different spices including coffee, and its importance as a business center. In 1963 the Gofa Awuraja was transferred to Sawla from Bulki and this played a role for the relatively fast structural development of the town.
The ancient name of Sawla is Felege Newaye. Sawla town has its present name from “Sa'a’’ ‘’wula” a Gofa word that means "the gate of land." This name was given because Sawla was serving as the center of business for the surrounding districts. In 2002/2003 the Southern Nations Nationality Peoples Regional State Works and Urban Development Bureau study has classified it as one of the city administrations in the region. Sawla is a reform and has a municipal status urban kebelle. The town got the first plan in 1965, and the current plan in 2002.
Records at the Nordic Africa Institute website provide details of the primary and secondary school in Sawla in 1968. A study to build a road to connect Sawla with Ameya in Ela woreda was conducted in 1996.
On 1 July 2008, the Ethiopian House of Peoples' Representatives voted to ratify a US$9 million loan agreement signed with the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa for the implementation of a rural electrification project linking Sawla and Key Afer in Hamer Bena woreda. The cost of this project would total US$43.89 million, of which the OPEC Fund for International Development has promised US$20 million, while the Ethiopian government will provide US$14 million.
Map - Sawla (Felege Neway)
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Anatomically modern humans emerged from modern-day Ethiopia and set out to the Near East and elsewhere in the Middle Paleolithic period. Southwestern Ethiopia has been proposed as a possible homeland of the Afroasiatic language family. In 980 BCE, the Kingdom of D'mt extended its realm over Eritrea and the northern region of Ethiopia, while the Kingdom of Aksum maintained a unified civilization in the region for 900 years. Christianity was embraced by the kingdom in 330, and Islam arrived by the first Hijra in 615. After the collapse of Aksum in 960, a variety of kingdoms, largely tribal confederations, existed in the land of Ethiopia. The Zagwe dynasty ruled the north-central parts until being overthrown by Yekuno Amlak in 1270, inaugurating the Ethiopian Empire and the Solomonic dynasty, claimed descent from the biblical Solomon and Queen of Sheba under their son Menelik I. By the 14th century, the empire grew in prestige through territorial expansion and fighting against adjacent territories; most notably, the Ethiopian–Adal War (1529–1543) contributed to fragmentation of the empire, which ultimately fell under a decentralization known as Zemene Mesafint in the mid-18th century. Emperor Tewodros II ended Zemene Mesafint at the beginning of his reign in 1855, marking the reunification and modernization of Ethiopia.
Currency / Language
| ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
|---|---|---|---|
| ETB | Ethiopian birr | Br | 2 |
| ISO | Language |
|---|---|
| AM | Amharic language |
| EN | English language |
| OM | Oromo language |
| SO | Somali language |
| TI | Tigrinya language |