Tijo | |
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Location of Tijo in Ethiopia | |
Coordinates: 07°47′N 39°09′E / 7.783°N 39.150°E | |
Country | Ethiopia |
Region | Oromia |
Zone | Arsi |
Elevation | 2,405 m (7,890 ft) |
Population (2005) | |
• Total | 2,048 |
Time zone | EAT (UTC+3) |
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°ECoordinates: 7°47′N 39°9′E / 7.783°N 39.150°E with an elevation of 2,405 meters. It is one of three settlements in Digeluna Tijo woreda.
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.