Semien Province

Map of the provinces of Ethiopia before 1935. (Derived from Perham, Margery (1969):The Government of Ethiopia)

Semien Province (Amharic: ሰሜን, “North”) was a historical province of northwest Ethiopia, often called Gondar. It was located south and west of the Tekezé River, and north of Lake Tsana. It was south of Tigray Province, west of Tembien Province, and east of the Sudan. To some extent it covered the territory of the former Begemder Province, now known as the Semien Gondar Zone. While its borders varied considerably over time, it often included the city of Gondar. Other towns were Adi Arkay, Adi Remets, Dabat, Derasghie, Mesfinto, and Sekota del Semien.

The highest point was Ras Dashen in the Semien Mountains.

History[]

Semien Province is a district of Gondar Belonging to the Amhara people

19th century[]

In the early 19th century, Semien was governed by dejazmach Haile Maryam, an Orthodox Christian Amhara, his son and succesor dejazmach Wube Haile Maryam significantly expanded the territory of Semien by annexing the provinces of Tsegede and Welkait.^[1]

See also[]

• Kingdom of Aksum
• Kingdom of Semien

References[]

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