Kewet
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| Zone | Semien Shewa |
| Region | Amhara |
| Area | |
• Total | 785.85 km2 (303.42 sq mi) |
| Population (2012 est.) | |
• Total | 130,145[1] |
Kewet (Amharic: ቀወት also transliterated Qawat) is a woreda in Amhara Region, Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Shewa Zone, Kewet is bordered on the southwest by Termaber, on the northwest by Menz Mam Midir, on the north by Efratana Gidim, and on the east by Afar Region. The major town in Kewet is Shewa Robit.
Between 1994 and 2004 the boundaries of Kewet changed slightly. One kebele was transferred to Termaber and several kebeles north of Shewa Robit were moved into the Afar Region.[3]
The Argobba villages in this woreda are located in the kebeles of Guze—which include Wankar, Dedeger, Bosen, Alwad, and Kelebar Mashla, arranged around the foot of Guze Guba—and Rasa Guba. The hill of Guze Guba, according to local elders interviewed by Kebedde Geleta, having "only one entrance and one exit always guarded by watchment" served the Argobba "both as a settlement and a fort." Kebedde's article includes an inventory of the mosques in these villages, which include one containing household items said to belong to Sheikh Faqi Ahmed and another in ruins, as well as several cemeteries including the one containing the tomb of "Sheikh Hussein from Arsi, son of Yeliuyuy".[4]
- ^ "GeoHive - Ethiopia population statistics". www.geohive.com. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ a b Geohive: Ethiopia Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Svein Ege, "North Shäwa 1:100,000. Topographic and administrative map of North Shäwa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia."[permanent dead link], p. 4
- ^ Kebedde Geleta, "A Survey on Argobba Sites in Northern Shoa", Annales d'Éthiopie, 16 (2000), pp. 188–191