Jimma

Jimma is the biggest town in south-western Oromia. It is a special zone of the Oromia Region and is surrounded via Jimma Zone. It has a latitude and longitude of 7°40′N 36°50′E. The town was the capital of Kaffa Province till the province became dissolved. Prior to the 2007 census, Jimma was reorganized administratively as a unique Zone. Herbert S. Lewis states that inside the early 60s it was the best marketplace in all of south-western Ethiopia. What is now Jimma's northern suburb of Jiren became the capital of a massive Kaffa province until the overthrowal of the feudal machine.

Originally named Hirmata, the town owed its importance inside the 19th century to being placed on the caravan path between Shewa and the Kingdom of Kaffa, as well as being handiest 6 miles from the palace of the king of Jimma. According to Donald Levine, within the early 19th century the market attracted thousands of people from neighboring regions: Amhara from Gojjam and Shoa, Oromo from all the Gibe Kingdoms and numerous representatives of the Lacustrine and Omotic organizations, consisting of Timbaro, Qabena, Kefa, Janjero, Welamo, Konta and several others.