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The Kingdom of Kaffa was a kingdom located in what is now Ethiopia from 1390 to 1897, with its first capital at Bonga.The Gojeb River formed its northern border, beyond which lay the Gibe kingdoms; to the east the territory of the Konta and Kullo peoples lay between Kaffa and the Omo River; to the south numerous subgroups of the Gimira people, and to the west lay the Majangir people. [1]
The Zone is named after the Kingdom of Kaffa.Kaffa was part of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (SNNPR) until 2021 when a referendum was held. The result was to create a new region called the South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region and comprised the Kaffa Zone and five other nearby administrative areas of the SNNPR.
Kaffa (Amharic: ካፋ) was a province on the southwestern side of Ethiopia; its capital city was Bonga. Kaffa is bordered on the west by Sudan, on the northwest by Illubabor, on the north by Walega, on the northeast by Shewa, on the east by Sidamo, and on the southeast by Gamu-Gofa. According to legend, ancestors of today's Kafficho people in ...
While the Kingdom's economy had relied largely on the export of gold and slaves, the modern Kafficho are agriculturalists. [2] In September 2021, the Kaffa people held a referendum to create a new region, Ethiopia's 11th, called the South West and made up of Kaffa and five other nearby administrative areas.
Anderaccha. Died. 1919. Addis Ababa. Dynasty. Kingdom of Kaffa. Gaki Sherocho (died 1919) was the last king of the Kingdom of Kaffa from 6 April 1890 to 10 September 1897, in what is now Ethiopia. He is usually called by the Kaffa "Chinito", the diminutive of Taten Chini ("King Chini"). [1]
Kaffa may refer to: Kaffa (city) or Theodosia, a Crimean city. Kaffa Province, a former province in Ethiopia. Kingdom of Kaffa, a medieval kingdom of the Kafficho people.
In 1895 Menelik II ordered the Kingdom of Kaffa to be invaded and sent three armies led by Dejazmach Tessema Nadew, Ras Wolde Giyorgis and Dejazmach Demissew Nassibu supported by Abba Jifar II of Jimma (who submitted to Menelik) to conquer the mountainous kingdom. Gaki Sherocho the king of Kaffa hid in the hinterlands of his kingdom and ...
Ginbo (also spelled Gimbo) is a district in the South West Region of Ethiopia.The name Ginbo comes from one of the provinces in the former Kingdom of Kaffa.That province, as well as the Kafficho provinces Bonga and Manjo, became districts with the Ethiopian conquest in 1896, and these districts were later merged to form the modern district.