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Sela Dingay
Sela Dingay is a town in central Ethiopia. In Amharic the name means the sharpened stone, named for a rock which rolled over the edge of the southern rim of the gorge of the Mofar River, and killed a group of people sitting on it.〔(''Journals of the Rev. Messrs. Isenberg and Krapf, Missionaries of the Church Missionary Society, Detailing their proceedings in the kingdom of Shoa, and journeys in other parts of Abyssinia, in the years 1839, 1840, 1841 and 1842'' ), (London, 1843), pp. 294f〕 Located in the Semien Shewa Zone of the Amhara Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of with elevations variously given as 2880 and 2915 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Mojana Wadera woreda.
== History ==
According to Antonio Cecchi, Sela Dingay was founded by Wossen Seged in 1804, naming the town after the historic district of Sela Dingay, although the local Debre Mitmaq church had been founded by Emperor Zara Yaqob, where he convened the Council of Debre Mitmaq in 1450 which resolved a rift in the Ethiopian Church over the observance of the Sabbath. In any case, Negus Wossen Seged built a second church for the town.〔("Local History in Ethiopia" ) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 25 February 2008)〕 When Johann Ludwig Krapf visited Sela Dingay in March 1842, it was the residence of the Queen Dowager Zenebework.〔''Journals of the Rev. Messrs. Isenberg and Krapf'', pp. 286-297〕 Following the conquest of Shewa by the newly crowned Emperor Tewodros II and the death of Negus Haile Melekot in 1855, the dowager queens retired to Sela Dingay, where Bezabish died around 1870 or 1871.〔Chris Prouty, ''Empress Taytu and Menilek II: Ethiopia 1883-1910'' (Trenton: The Red Sea Press, 1986), pp. 4f〕
One of the military maneuvers that led to the Battle of Segale in 1916 was Negus Mikael's occupation of Sela Dingay 14 October. This threatened Ras Leul Seged's left flank, forcing him to withdraw to Ankober.〔 Despite his action, the Ras's army was annihilated four days later.〔Harold Marcus, ''Haile Sellassie I: The Formative Years'' (Lawrenceville: Red Sea Press, 1996), p. 22〕
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