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Culture, Recreation and Parks

WildLife

Although Parks Zoe and reserved wild life conservation centers at urban level are not found in the city, we do have wild life animals associated with the natural vegetation which forms their natural habit. Unfortunately, since the distraction of natural vegetation also meant the distraction of wild animals thus most of the animals have either disappeared or migrated to the neighboring forest areas.

As a result, at the moment there are common wild animals such as hyenas, foxes, rabbits, tortoises, some tree -climbing animals like: – Monkeys, Apes, and different kinds of birds are found in the city.

Natural and man-made forests of Shashemene City, 2014

The urban vegetation coverage is varies within the city from kebele to kebeles. Relatively dense vegetations are found at northern part of the city especially in the inner part of Kuyera city up to Ilalakorke and Turufewatera kebeles, areas along Dadhaba and xuxu river, the Eastern part of Alelu- Ilu, Maja-Dama and Bulchana kebeles.

Unlike the rift valley region, different species of trees like broadleaved rain forest, such as olia Africana (Ejersa), Solanumincanum (mokonisa), Apotes Dimidiata (oda), Cordial Africana (wodesa) Cupressus Lusitanica (Hindhesa), Eucalyptus tree and Ficus Vasta (qilxuu) are dispersed in the city.

The open spaces of the inner city
On the left side of MelkaOda River,
Western part of Aleche Harabate kebele,
The inner part of KararaFilcha,
Tourist & Attractions
ButeFilcha kebele and the way to Alaba near St. Marry Church somehow relatively have sparse forests.

In the same way, the semi-temperature forests the so called pod carpus forests or ‘tid’, lowland forests like acacia or ‘grar’, true man tree are largely grown. Moreover Casimiroa Edulis (kazmir), avocado, mango, papaya, banana, zeyitun, coffee and false banana (enset) are grown at small scale mainly by households. In differently, eucalyptus trees are largely found along river banks.

Tourism Attraction

our city being home to numerous ethnic groups with diversified cultures of large and small ethnic groups, it is the home for Arsi-Oromo culture and some of international significance such as the RasTeferians. Furthermore, its proximity to touristic resorts and parks such as Abjata-Shalla, Sinqille Sanctuary, Wondo genet hot spring, Lake langano and Hwassa lake tourist attractions makes city more important. As a result, the number of tourists who visit the city increases from time to time.

The undergoing effort to create touristic attractions and destinations such as the Deneba manmade cave, Shashe monument and cultural museum, RasTafarians banana art gallery, Botanical garden with more 27 indigenous species of trees, and the Millennium Park, natural forest etc. is also important for the future growth tourism. There are also different religious institutions such as Churches, Mosques and others religious places found within the city and the surrounding areas.

Recently the city administration has been focusing on greenery and parking development for tourism attraction along the buffer zone of river Goggeti, Esa and various places in the city. It is now used for young ones for relaxation and recreational value.