Shire Inda Selassie
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Shire ሽረ Inda Selassie |
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 Shire
Location within Ethiopia
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| Coordinates: 14°6′N 38°17′E / 14.100°N 38.283°ECoordinates: 14°6′N 38°17′E / 14.100°N 38.283°E | ||
| Country | Ethiopia | |
| Region | Tigray | |
| Zone | Semien Mi'irabawi (North Western) | |
| Woreda | Shire Inda Selassie | |
| Elevation | 1,953 m (6,407 ft) | |
| Population (2007) | ||
| • Total | 47,284 | |
| Time zone | EAT (UTC+3) | |
Shire (ሽረ), also known as Inda Selassie (እንዳ ሥላሴ, Tigrinya "House of the Trinity"), is a town and separate woreda in northern Ethiopia. The administrative center of the Semien Mi'irabawi Zone of the Tigray region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 14°6′N 38°17′E / 14.100°N 38.283°E with an altitude of 1953 meters above sea level. It was part of Tahtay Koraro woreda.
An early mention of Shire is in one of the three surviving charters of Emperor Dawit I of Ethiopia (r. 1382-1412).
As part of the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, Italian units under General Pietro Badoglio advanced out of Axum on 29 February 1936 to attack the Ethiopian army under Ras Imru Haile Selassie deployed around Shire in an action known as the Battle of Shire. Despite determined Ethiopian resistance, by 3 March the Italians had resumed their advance and shortly afterwards crossed the Tekezé River.
After the restoration of the monarchy in 1941, Shire served as the capital of the Shire sub-region until the administrative reorganization of the nation following the adoption of the 1995 Ethiopian Constitution.
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