Digeluna Tijo
Digeluna Tijo is one of the woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Arsi Zone, Digeluna Tijo is bordered on the south by Bekoji, on the southwest by Munesa, on the northwest by Tiyo, on the north by Hitosa, on the northeast by Tena, and on the east by Sherka. The administrative center of this woreda is Sagure; other towns include Tijo and Digelu.
Overview
The altitude of this woreda ranges from 2500 to 3560 meters above sea level; Mount Boraluku is the highest point. Rivers include the Katar, Ashebeka and Gusha. A survey of the land in this woreda shows that 39.5% is arable or cultivable, 27.4% pasture, 13.3% forest, and the remaining 19.8% is considered swampy, mountainous or otherwise unusable. Linseed is an important cash crop.
Industry in the woreda includes 35 grain mills and 6 edible oil mills employing 96 people, as well as 475 registered businesses, which include 181 wholesalers, 182 retailers and 112 service providers. There were 22 Farmers Associations with 14,096 members and 6 Farmers Service Cooperatives with 11,058 members. Digeluna Tijo has 66 kilometers of dry-weather and 32 of all-weather road, for an average road density of 110.2 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers. About 33.3% of the urban and 11.2% of the rural population has access to drinking water.
Tijo
Tijo is a town in central Ethiopia. Located in the Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region about 25 kilometers east of Sagure, it has a latitude and longitude of 7°47′N 39°9′E / 7.783°N 39.150°E / 7.783; 39.150Coordinates: 7°47′N 39°9′E / 7.783°N 39.150°E / 7.783; 39.150 with an elevation of 2,405 meters. It is one of three settlements in Digeluna Tijo woreda.
History
The grave of a contemporary of Imam Ahmad Gragn named Ashab 'Utman, whom tradition says was an important missionary of Islam in what became the Arsi Zone, lies near Tijo. He is said to have been killed by the Ogaden warrior Atalibo and was then cursed for this deed by Imam Ahmad's successor Emir Nur ibn Mujahid. The Hadiya clans Dooda, Weege, and Malge claim him as their ancestor. Ashab 'Utman's cupola-shaped tomb, which Braukämper states "was presumably erected in the 1880s", over the following decades became an important focus of local Muslim attention.
Tijo served as the administrative center for Arsiland during the Italian occupation.
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