Weldiya

Weldiya is the capital of the Semien Wollo region, and woreda in northern Ethiopia. placed north of Dessie and southeast of Lalibela inside the Amhara area, this metropolis has an elevation of 2112 meters above sea degree. A extraordinary landmark is a church Weldiya Gebriel. when the missionary Johann Ludwig Krapf surpassed thru Weldiya in April 1842, it become the headquarters of Dejazmach Faris Aligas and his brother Birru. They had been absent at the time of Krapf's go to, raiding the territories of Imam Liban of the have been Himano.

As early as 1890, Weldiya become the workplace of Yejju Province. Its Tuesday marketplace was widely known for its mules. Weldiya was attacked in 1948 by way of the Yejju Oromo as part of the "Woyane revolt." Revolting after their appeals over their loss of land, they seized the jail in Weldiya and freed the prisoners. in spite of this success, the rebel was eventually put down. On sixteen–17 November 1988 Weldiya turned into subjected to an aerial attack via the Derg, but no deaths had been pronounced.