Sebeta is a town in central Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...

. Located in the Debub Mirab Shewa Zone of the Oromia Region

Oromia Region

Oromia is one of the nine ethnic divisions of Ethiopia...

, this town has a latitude and longitude of 8°55′N 38°37′E and an elevation of 2,356 meters (7,730 feet) above sea level. It is the administrative center of Alem Gena

Alem Gena (woreda)

Alem Gena is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. It is named after one of its towns, Alem Gena. Part of the Mirab Shewa Zone, Alem Gena is bordered on the south by Kersana Kondaltiti, on the southwest by Tole, on the west by Elu, on the northwest by Ejerie, on the north by...

 woreda

Woreda

Woreda is an administrative division of Ethiopia , equivalent to a district . Woredas are composed of a number of Kebele, or neighborhood associations, which are the smallest unit of local government in Ethiopia...

.

At Sebeta is a school for the blind. It became part of the Haile Selassie I Foundation in 1959, and construction on a new building began 4 October, 1962. The Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research

Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research

The Ethiopian Agricultural Research Institute has evolved through several stages since its first initiation during the late 1940s, following the establishment of agricultural and technical school of Ambo and Jimma...

 opened a research station in Sebeta in 1967, which operates as the national center for research into improving fishing

Fishing

Fishing is the activity of trying to catch wild fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping....

 yields.

History

A plot to kill the Emperor near Sebeta with a land mine

Land mine

A land mine is usually a weight-triggered explosive device which is intended to damage a target—either human or inanimate—by means of a blast and/or fragment impact....

 in the road was discovered on 16 November 1969. Eight people were arrested, and the leader, 76-year-old Tekle Wolde Hawariat, killed himself next day after a gun battle with police at his home in Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa is the capital city of Ethiopia...

. He was mentioned without dishonor in the Ethiopian media because of his valuable service to the country in previous years.

A congregation of the Mekane Yesus Church was established in 1979. The congregation's church was burnt by a mob in April 1994, and the leaders of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church afterwards failed to condemn the act.

Demographics

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency

Central Statistical Agency (Ethiopia)

The Central Statistical Agency is an agency of the government of Ethiopia designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that country used to monitor economic and social growth, as well as to act as an official training center in that field. It is part of the Ethiopian Ministry of Finance and...

in 2005, this town has an estimated total population of 25,143, of whom 12,079 are men and 13,064 are
women. According to the 1994 national census, the town had a population of 14,100.