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Hirna (also transliterated Irna) is a town in eastern Ethiopia. Located in the Mirab (West) Hararghe Zone, it has a latitude and longitude of and an altitude of 1763 meters above sea level. It is the larger of the two towns in Tulo woreda. ==Overview== Hirna is located on the main highway between Asebe Teferi and Alemaya in the Chercher Mountains. This follows an old caravan route between Shewa and Harar, which was in use during Arthur Rimbaud's residence at Harar.〔Rimbaud mentions Hirna in an itinerary he included in a letter written 26 August 1887 to his employer Alfred Bardey. ''I promise to be good: the letters of Arthur Rimbaud'', translated, edited and with an introduction by Wyatt Mason (New York: Modern Library, 2003), p. 268〕 Telephone service came to this town between 1954 and 1968.〔("Local History in Ethiopia" ) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 28 April 2011)〕 In response to king Menelik's orders to occupy the Cherchers, in November 1887 ''Dejazmach'' Wolde Gabriel marched forth with a mixed force of Amhara riflemen and Oromos, and set up camp at Hirna. According to Harold Marcus, his army "was in poor shape, reduced to a relatively small number by sickness and desertions." A night attack by Emir 'Abd Allah's army routed the ''Dejazmachs force, sending them fleeing westward towards the Awash River.〔Harold G. Marcus, ''The Life and Times of Menelik II: Ethiopia 1844-1913'', (Lawrenceville: Red Sea Press, 1995), p. 91〕 Notable local inhabitants include the artist Alemayehu Bizuneh (born 1934). He studied in France (1966–70), and Germany (1975–76) and later had a residency at the National Museum of Ethiopia in 1980.〔 Hirna is also home city of former Deputy Prime minister of Ethiopia Addisu Legesse. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekle_Hawariat_Tekle_Mariyam 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hirna」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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