Dembi Dolo
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Dambi dolo Sayo, Saïo |
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Saïo heights, circa 1942
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 Dambi dolo
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| Coordinates: 8°32′N 34°48′E / 8.533°N 34.800°ECoordinates: 8°32′N 34°48′E / 8.533°N 34.800°E | |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Region | Oromia |
| Zone | Qellem Wallaga Zone |
| Elevation | 1,701 m (5,581 ft) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 29,448 |
| Time zone | EAT (UTC+3) |
Dambi Dolo; formerly Sayo or Saïo) is a market town and separate woreda in south-western Ethiopia. It is the capital of Qellem Wallaga Zone of the Oromia Region. This town has a latitude and longitude of 8°32′N 34°48′E / 8.533°N 34.800°E with an elevation between 1701 and 1827 meters above sea level.
Dambi Dolo is known for goldsmith work and for tej production. The town also possesses an airport (ICAO code HADD, IATA DEM).
Originally known as Sayo, after the semi-autonomous kingdom that had ruled in this area in the years after 1900, by 1920 this town served as the seat of the governors of this part of south-western Ethiopia until the Italian conquest.Richard Pankhurst notes that during this period Dembidolo was "a great commercial centre for coffee, where by the 1930's perhaps 500,000 kilos of beans, besides large quantities of wax and skins, were exported every year to the Sudan." Emperor Iyasu V visited Dembidolo around 1912, and was welcomed by Dejazmach Jote.
By 1958 Dambi Dolo became one of 27 places in Ethiopia ranked as First Class Township. That same year, the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia opened a branch in the town.
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