Emdibir

History

In the early 1930s there was a Catholic mission of the Capuchins, usually with a Père and a Frère; they did some medical work and had a school. During the Italian occupation the mission was renamed "Missione della Consolata". The Emdibir market was held every Friday. In 1984 drought affected almost every household in Emdibir: there was no rain, and the enset in many households was affected by a plant disease known as chire. Although it was insufficient, the community received aid in the form of clothes, maize, milk, butter and oil from the Catholic Relief Service, as well as some of the richer farmers in the area.

Most-observed species

• Monactinocephalus paniculatus Klatt

  Monactinocephalus paniculatus Klatt · Magnoliopsida
  3
• Red-cheeked Cordonbleu

  Uraeginthus bengalus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  2
• Red-eyed Dove

  Streptopelia semitorquata (Rüppell, 1837) · Aves
  2
• Echinops amplexicaulis Oliv.

  Echinops amplexicaulis Oliv. · Magnoliopsida
  2
• Brown-rumped Seedeater

  Crithagra tristriata (Rüppell, 1840) · Aves
  2
• African Protea

  Protea gaguedi J.F.Gmel. · Magnoliopsida
  2
• Catha edulis Forssk.

  Catha edulis Forssk. · Magnoliopsida
  2
• western honey bee

  Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta
  1

Most recent

• M 5.3 — 2017-01-27
  29 km S of Ziway, Ethiopia
• M 4.2 — 2015-03-31
  Ethiopia
• M 4.4 — 2011-10-17
  Ethiopia
• M 5.1 — 2010-12-19
  3 km SSW of Hosa’ina, Ethiopia