Mendi

Mendi is a metropolis in western Ethiopia. Located within the West Welega Zone of the Oromia Region, this city has a range and longitude of 9°36′N 35°36′E with an elevation of 1821 meters above sea degree. It is the workplace of Mendi is served via Airport and is 80km east of Asosa Airport. In his tour e book, In Search of King Solomon's Mines, Tahir Shah described Mendi within the overdue 20th century as a town with a muddy predominant road, lined with "homes with corrugated iron roofs and cement walls.

Dejazmach constructed a church in Mendi in 1893. However, whilst the Dejazmach regained his rights to levy taxes over his father's former kingdom in 1907, the important authorities excepted the gate of Mendi, which changed into retained to the customs office in Nekemte. This sealed the right of the centre to monetary control over Nekemte, a proper that Addis Abeba changed into by no means to abandon in the future years. By the 1930s, Mendi had grow to be an critical marketplace of coffee. It attracted the eye of a Swedish pastor who mounted a challenge there.