Lake Zway

Zway or Ziway ( Amharic ዝዋይ ሐይቅ ) is one of the freshwater lakes in the Great Rift grave breach in Ethiopia. It is located about 100 km south of Addis Ababa, on the border of the region ( or kililoch ) Oromia Region and the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People. The place Zway is located on the western shore of the lake.

According to the Statistical Abstract of Ethiopia for 1967/68, the lake is 25 kilometers Zway long, 20 kilometers wide and has an area of ​​440 square kilometers. At its deepest point it is about 9 feet deep. It is located at 1636 meters above the sea. Is known of the lake for its birds and hippos. Here also a fishing industry is established. The lake has five islands, including Debre Sina, Galilee, Bird Iceland. On Tullu Gudo there is a monastery where the Ark of the Covenant is said to have been found around the 9th century around.

The shores and islands of the lake are home to the Zay, which are attributed to the Gurage. Following a tradition took the Christians of the area on the island of refuge, as the Muslim Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al - Ghazi conquered Ethiopia. Later, they were isolated by the Oromo, who settled on the lake, from the rest of Ethiopia. When Menelik II conquered the land around the lake, the lake inhabitants were rediscovered. They had kept both her ​​Christian faith as well as a number of old manuscripts.

• Lake in Africa
• Lake in Ethiopia
• Oromia