History

Shashemene (pronounced Sha-she-mene) is a town established in 1903 E.C, in the Southern Region of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in the Oromia regional State roughly 250 km from the Capital City of Addis Ababa /Finfine/.

Shashemene is among the few privileged towns of its time to have its own municipal administration since 1935/36, and a master plan since 1996. It covers a total area of 17,119 hectares.

The city of Shashemene is located in the middle of the intersection of trade routes which has not only led to its establishment but also to its rapid growth.

History tells us that the city was founded by trade activities in southern, southeastern and southwestern Ethiopia. this paved the way for the city to become a center of development and politics. And it become the capital city for West Arsi Zone.

Socio-Economic Profiling of Shashemene has been developed with the lead of Shashemene City Administration Finance and Economic Development was organized and printed the first city profile as a document on September 2007 E.C. The document covered almost the data and activities of the period 2005-2006 E.C.

The second city profile was document in the Year 2009 E.C .The document was covered almost the data and activities of the period 2007-2008 E.C.

The third city profile was document in the Year 2011 E.C .The document was covered almost the data and activities of the period 2009-2010 E.C.

Based on the last three years (2007, 2009, 2011), the fourth city profile, was developed 2013 the document was covered almost the data and activities of the period 2011-2012 E.C.

Shashemene merged with Bishan Guracha and restructured into four sub-cities and 12 city-districts as of 2014 E.C

In addition to the past four city profiles and the fifth city, the profile was document in a Year 2015 E.C the document was covered almost the data and activities of the period 2013-2014 E.C. the data was collected at the city level, the main sources /primary and secondary data used for the preparation of these documents obtained from key institutions like Health, Education, Finance, Government Communication, Water supply enterprise, Labor and Social Affair Offices, City Municipality, etc.