Arsi Province
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Arsi Province (Amharic: አርሲ) was a province of Ethiopian Empire with its capital at Asella. Historically a part of the Emirate of Harar until its invasion by Menelik and subsequent incorporation into modern Ethiopia. The province was reduced to a Zone of the Oromia Region with the adoption of the new constitution in 1995. In more ancient times, the region is seemingly related to the Harla.[1]
Both the Zone and the former province are occupied by the Arsi Oromo, who inhabit both the former Bale and Arsi provinces.
History
[edit]Aanolee massacre
[edit]In Hitosa, the Aanolee massacre took place on 6 September 1886, in which Emperor Menelik II's army massacred 11,000 Arsi Oromo in one day, cutting women's breasts and men's hands.[2] In 2014, a monument was erected to remember the victims.[3][4]
See also
[edit]7°45′N 39°30′E / 7.750°N 39.500°E
References
[edit]- ^ Hirsch, Bertrand. The Harla: archeology and memory of the giants of Ethiopia. French center for Ethiopian studies.
- ^ Abbas Gnamo, 2014: Conquest and Resistance in the Ethiopian Empire, 1880-1974: The Case of the Arsi Oromo. Brill
- ^ OPRIDE, 8 April 2014: Aanolee: ‘a tragedy on which Ethiopian sources are silent’
- ^ Mulualem Daba Tola, 2017: The Theses and Antitheses of Anoole Statue in the Ethiopian Polity
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