Aleta Wendo

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footnotes = Aleta Wendo (also known as Wendo) is a town in southern Ethiopia. Located in a fertile and forested area near Lake Abaya, not far from the sources of the Ganale Dorya and Dawa Rivers in the Sidama Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region, this town has a longitude and latitude of coord|6|36|N|38|25|E with an elevation of 2037 meters above sea level. It is administrative center of Aleta Wendo woreda.

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Aleta Wendo has an estimated total population of 20,513, of whom 10,006 were males and 10,507 were females. [ [http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics] , Table B.4] According to the 1994 national census, the town had a population of 11,300.

History

Dejazmach Balcha Safo, Governor of Sidamo, originally constructed his "ketema" or fortified camp in Wendo, but he later moved it to Hagere Selam. American naturalists arrived at the Wendo village 29 December 1926, and resided there for a while, camping outside the village. Grazmach Kebede Dihala Mikael, the village potentate, implored them to camp near his house, explaining that there were plenty of "shiftas" or outlaws in the area. [http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/vw/ORTWEN.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"] (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 28 November 2007)]

Wendo was occupied by the Italian Laghi Division on 30 November 1936. It was retaken by the 1st Gold Coast Regiment on 22 May 1941, without a single shot fired. The Allied forces accepted the surrender of a Brigadier General and some 3,000 prisoners.

By 1958 Wendo was one of 27 places in Ethiopia ranked as First Class Township. Telephone service reached the town within the next 10 years.

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