Definition of Awrajja. Meaning of Awrajja. Synonyms of Awrajja

- Awrajja (Amharic: አውራጃ) were the third-level country subdivisions which subdivided the Provinces of Ethiopia prior to 1996. Awrajja roughly translates...
- a zone was called an awrajja, and many zones today are named the same as their earlier awrajja, but the terms zone and awrajja are not interchangeable...
- Historically, Ethiopia was divided into provinces, further subdivided into awrajjas or districts, until they were replaced by ethnolinguistic-based regions...
- century. For example, while the government appointed a governor to the awrajja (district) of Aussa proper, the governor, rather than taking up residence...
- Tigray is still used by rural people of Tigray as referring only to Adwa awrajja, while other regions of modern Tigray are still considered to be "outside...
- the Federated Eritrean Government from 1952 to 1962 and as districts (awrajja) in Eritrea when it was annexed by Ethiopia from 1962 to 1991. After independence...
- ****ociated with Bulga prior to the Oromo expansion, after which it became a awrajja, or sub-province, of Shewa. The region was home to the important Debre...
- center of Merti woreda. Prior to 1995, it was the capital of Arba Gugu awrajja. According to the Oromia Regional government, this town currently has telephone...
- the 1960s and 1970s, Bahir Dar grew rapidly, being the capital of the awrajja by the same name in the Gojjam province. The central government developed...
- Gebreyesus and Melashu Weldegabir. His family originated from the Enderta awrajja of Tigray. Tedros recalled that as a child he was very aware of the suffering...