Sheno is a town in central Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...

. Located in the Semien Shewa Zone

Semien Shewa Zone (Oromia)

Semien Shewa is one of the 12 Zones of the Ethiopian Region of Oromia. Semien Shewa takes its name from the kingdom or former province of Shewa. Semien Shewa is bordered on the south by Addis Ababa, on the southwest by Mirab Shewa, on the north by the Amhara Region, and on the southeast by Misraq...

 of the Oromia Region

Oromia Region

Oromia is one of the nine ethnic divisions of Ethiopia...

, it has a latitude and longitude of 9°20′N 39°18′E with an elevation of 2918 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Kembibit

Kembibit

Kembibit is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Shewa Zone, Kembibit is bordered on the south by Berehna Aleltu, on the west by Wuchalena Jido, on the north by Abichuna Gne'a, and on the east by the Amhara Region...

 woreda

Woreda

Woreda is an administrative division of Ethiopia , equivalent to a district . Woredas are composed of a number of Kebele, or neighborhood associations, which are the smallest unit of local government in Ethiopia...

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Overview

Local landmarks include the church of Kidus Mikael. During the Italian occupation

Italian East Africa

Italian East Africa was an Italian colonial administrative subdivision established in 1936, resulting from the merger of the Ethiopian Empire with the old colonies of Italian Somaliland and Italian Eritrea. In August 1940, British Somaliland was conquered and annexed to Italian East Africa...

, Sheno was the main Italian stronghold on the Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa is the capital city of Ethiopia...

 - Asmara

Asmara

Asmara is the capital city and largest settlement in Eritrea, home to a population of around 579,000 people...

 highway. This town was the setting of a meeting between the Italian occupiers and Ethiopian notables supporting the Italians (who included Leul Ras Seyum Mangasha

Seyum Mangasha

Seyum Mangasha KBE was an army commander and a member of the Royal family of the Ethiopian Empire.-Biography:...

, Nagadras Tasamma Esate, and Dejazmach Abba Woqaw) on 19 November 1939 with Abebe Aregai

Abebe Aregai

Ras Abebe Aregai was Prime Minister of Ethiopia from 27 November 1957 until his death. During the Italian occupation, he led a group of resistance fighters that operated in Menz and Shewa...

, who was one of the leading arbegnoch (the resistance fighters) fighting the Italians. The negotiations came to naught, and Abebe soon after returned to fighting the Italians.

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency

Central Statistical Agency (Ethiopia)

The Central Statistical Agency is an agency of the government of Ethiopia designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that country used to monitor economic and social growth, as well as to act as an official training center in that field. It is part of the Ethiopian Ministry of Finance and...

in 2005, Sheno has an estimated total population of 9,654 of whom 4,543 were men and 5,111 were women. The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 5,408 of whom 2,464 were men and 2,944 were women.