Waliso
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| Coordinates: 8°32′N 37°58′E / 8.533°N 37.967°ECoordinates: 8°32′N 37°58′E / 8.533°N 37.967°E | |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Region | Oromia |
| Zone | Debub Mirab Shewa |
| Elevation | 2,063 m (6,768 ft) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 37,878 |
| Time zone | EAT (UTC+3) |
Waliso or Woliso (also known as Ghion, which is also transliterated "Giyon" which was given by emperor Haile Selassie I and this name was no longer used after the fall of his regime as the town has the original name Waliso ) is a town and separate woreda in central Ethiopia. Located in the Debub Mirab Shewa Zone of the Oromia Region, 114 km southwest of Addis Ababa, it has a latitude and longitude of 8°32′N 37°58′E / 8.533°N 37.967°E with an elevation of 2063 meters above sea level. Waliso is the administrative center of this Zone.
Waliso is derived from the name of Oromo clan. Accordingly, Waliso is the son of Liban, Liiban in Afan Oromo, who had three children: Ammaya or Ammayya in Afan Oromo (the oldest), Waliso (the middle) and Kutaye (the youngest). Liban belongs to Metcha, a bigger Oromo clan. The road that ran from Addis Ababa to Waliso was one of the few roads built by the Ethiopian government before the Italian-Abyssinian War; by 1938, the 110 kilometers from Addis Ababa to Waliso had been asphalted, and the 90 kilometers beyond to Abelti gravelled. Two rival Arbegnoch operated around Waliso: English: Geresu Duki; Afan Oromo: Garasuu Dhukii and Olika Dingel. Geresu Duki (a former member of the Crown Prince's bodyguard) was in the end the better-known - and the longer-lived - but in his day Olika Dingel, a Welega Oromo, was as legendary.
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