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Yesmala is a town in western Ethiopia. Located on the southwestern shore of Lake Tana in the Mirab Gojjam Zone of the Amhara Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 2072 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Semien Achefer woreda. A notable point of interest in Yesmala is the church of Yeldet Giyorgis ("The Daughter of George"). The town is located in the mid-way between Bahir Dar and Kunzila. When you travel from Bahir Dar to Kunzila, Yismala is located next to Dilamo(small town of Debub Achefer woreda. The big Tana- Beles hydro electric power plant is located in this route near Kunzila. Debub and semen Acehfer woreda were one woreda(Achefer Woreda) before they split into two. Achefer is historical district which was first mentioned in the 16th century. == History == One of the earliest mentions of Yesmala is in the ''Royal chronicle'' of Emperor Iyasu the Great, where the Emperor stopped twice during his travels in Gojjam in 1702 and the following year.〔G.W.B. Huntingford, ''The historical geography of Ethiopia from the first century AD to 1704'', (Oxford University Press: 1989), pp. 230f〕 Hormuzd Rassam records that he stopped briefly here 21 January 1866, describing it as the largest village he had seen since his entry into Ethiopia. He was told that Yesmala had been "reckoned one of the most important in the Amhara country, owing to its wealth and to the number of militia which it furnished to the Emperors in time of war."〔Hormuzd Rassam, (''Narrative of the British Mission to Theodore, King of Abyssinia'' ) (London, 1869), vol. 1 p. 284〕 During the Italian occupation, an Italian official was stationed in Yesmala. The town had a telegraph station and an infirmary.〔("Local History in Ethiopia" ) The Nordic Africa Institute website〕 Yesmala is the home town of the known Ethiopian author and journalist, Abe Gubegna or Abbey Gubegna, (Amharic: አበ ጉበኛ)who was born in 1944 and died in 1980. One of Gubegna's works is "Aliwoledim," which roughly translates as "I Rufuse To Be Born," or "I Will Not Be Born." Gubegna also wrote "And LeNatu." Gubegna and his works were banished from Ethiopia. He is credited with penning the proverb, "Every day in Africa a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows that it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you better be running." 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「Yesmala」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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