Jama Nigus

Coordinates: 10°49′10″N 39°40′54.1″E / 10.81944°N 39.681694°E / 10.81944; 39.681694
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Jama Nigus
Village
Jama Nigus is located in Ethiopia
Jama Nigus
Jama Nigus
Location with in Ethiopia
Coordinates: 10°49′10″N 39°40′54.1″E / 10.81944°N 39.681694°E / 10.81944; 39.681694
CountryEthiopia
RegionAmhara
ZoneSouth Wollo Zone
DistrictAlbuko
Elevation
2,580 m (8,460 ft)
Time zoneGMT+3

Jama Nigus (in Amharic: ጀማንጉስ ) is a village located in Albukko district, South Wollo, Ethiopia , fifteen miles south  of Kombolcha.

The Mosque in Jama Nigus was first founded by the militant scholar Shaykh Muhammad Shafi b. Asqari Muhammad in the last quarter of eighteenth century as a traditional Islamic education and Sufi-center.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ahmed, Hussein (2001). Islam in nineteenth century Wallo, Ethiopia : revival, reform and reaction. Brill. ISBN 9004119094. OCLC 237383821.