Sebeta

Sebeta is a town and separate woreda in central Ethiopia. Located in the Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne of the Oromia Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 8°55′N 38°37′E / 8.917°N 38.617°E / 8.917; 38.617 and an elevation of 2,356 meters (7,730 feet) above sea level.

The Sebeta School for the Blind is located in Sebeta. It became part of the Haile Selassie I Foundation in 1959, and construction on a new building began on October 4, 1962. The Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research opened a research station in Sebeta in 1967, which operates as the national center for research into improving fishing yields.

History

A plot to kill the Emperor near Sebeta with a land mine in the road was discovered on November 16, 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. He was mentioned without dishonor in the Ethiopian media because of his valuable service to the country in previous years.