Jiren | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Jiren Location within Ethiopia | |
| Coordinates: 7°42′04″N 36°52′20″E / 7.70117°N 36.87219°E | |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Region | Oromia |
| Zone | Jimma Zone |
| Founded in | 1830 |
| Founded by | Abba Jifar I |
Jiren was the former capital of the Kingdom of Jimma, in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Today it is a village or suburb[1] on the outskirts of the city of Jimma, consisting of approximately 2500 unregistered households.[2]
- ^ "History in Jimma, Ethiopia". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ Abebe, Misgana Secho; Derebew, Kiros Tsegaye; Gemeda, Dessalegn Obsi (25 February 2019). "Exploiting temporal-spatial patterns of informal settlements using GIS and remote sensing technique: a case study of Jimma city, Southwestern Ethiopia". Environmental Systems Research. 8 (1): 6. doi:10.1186/s40068-019-0133-5. ISSN 2193-2697.