Sheka Zone

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Sheka Zone is an administrative area in southwestern Ethiopia known for its diverse ethnic groups, languages, and rich forested highland environment.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Sheka Zone canonical 16
Bench Sheko Zone 1
Sheka zone 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative zone ⓘ
subnational administrative division ⓘ
administrativeCenter Masha ⓘ
area 21750 square kilometers ⓘ
biosphereReserveDesignationYear 2012 ⓘ
borderedBy Bench Sheko Zone ⓘ
linked to: Sheka Zone

Gambela Region ⓘ
Keffa Zone ⓘ
linked to: Kafa

Oromia Region ⓘ
capital Masha ⓘ
climate humid subtropical to temperate highland ⓘ
country Ethiopia ⓘ
elevation highland ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Amhara people ⓘ
Bench people ⓘ
Kafficho people ⓘ
Oromo people ⓘ
Shekacho people ⓘ
hasLanguage Amharic language ⓘ
linked to: Amharic

Kafa language ⓘ
Oromo language ⓘ
linked to: Oromo

Shekkacho language ⓘ
hasMajorTown Anderacha ⓘ
Masha ⓘ
Tepi ⓘ
hasNaturalFeature cloud forest ⓘ
montane rainforest ⓘ
hasNaturalResource non-timber forest products ⓘ
timber ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Sheka Forest Biosphere Reserve ⓘ
hasReligion Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Protestant Christianity ⓘ
hasUNESCOStatus Biosphere Reserve ⓘ
hasWoreda Anderacha woreda ⓘ
Masha woreda ⓘ
Yeki woreda ⓘ
knownFor coffee production ⓘ
enset cultivation ⓘ
forested highlands ⓘ
high biodiversity ⓘ
locatedIn Southwest Ethiopia Peoples Region ⓘ
southwestern Ethiopia ⓘ
mainEconomicActivity coffee farming ⓘ
livestock rearing ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
partOf Southwest Ethiopia Peoples Region ⓘ
recognizedBy UNESCO ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shabo language → spokenIn → Sheka Zone ⓘ
subject linked to: Shabo language (proposed)
Sheka Zone → borderedBy → Bench Sheko Zone ⓘ
linked to: Sheka Zone
Southwestern Ethiopia → contains → Sheka zone ⓘ
linked to: Sheka Zone
Masha → administrativeCenterOf → Sheka Zone ⓘ
Masha → commercialCenterOf → Sheka Zone ⓘ
Masha → partOf → Sheka Zone ⓘ
Masha → isUrbanCenterOf → Sheka Zone ⓘ
Anderacha → locatedIn → Sheka Zone ⓘ
Anderacha woreda → locatedIn → Sheka Zone ⓘ
Anderacha woreda → partOf → Sheka Zone ⓘ
Yeki woreda → locatedIn → Sheka Zone ⓘ
Yeki woreda → partOf → Sheka Zone ⓘ
Shekkacho → isSpokenInZone → Sheka Zone ⓘ
Shekkacho language → spokenIn → Sheka Zone ⓘ