Dejach Wube Sefer is a historically significant neighborhood in Addis Ababa, linked to noblemen during Emperor Menelik II's reign. The area's socioeconomic interdependence is highlighted through shared spaces and various public infrastructures. Today, Dejach Wube Sefer's rich history and contemporary challenges underscore its importance in the urban development of Addis Ababa.

1. Dejach Wube Sefer
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2. Map of Addis Ababa - Locations
of Arada Sub-city and Dejach
Wube Sefer.
The establishment of Dejach
Wube Sefer is primarily
associated with a
nobleman serving under
Ethiopia’s Emperor Menelik II
1844-1913

3. Introduction
•Dejach Wube, an old inner city neighbourhood.
•Our findings show that Addis Ababa’s inner-city is characterized
by a high degree of socioeconomic interdependence among its
inhabitants which is facilitated by
•affordable shared spaces at the levels of household, compound
and settlement.
The data
•collection and analysis address spatial and activity patterns of
individuals and households in their homes and surrounding
settlements.

4. •The physical environment of Dejach Wube Sefer and the
activities taking place within it were important sources of
primary data.
•The city government and other public offices such as the Addis
Ababa Ababa Land Development
•Housing Development Project Office, Addis Ababa Urban
Planning and
Information Institute, the Arada Sub-city Administration, the
•Ethiopian Mapping Agency, the Central Statistics Agency of
Ethiopia, and the Authority for Research and Conservation of
Cultural Heritage.

5. •Dejach Wube Sefer met the selection
•criteria described above. It is located in the core
area of Addis Ababa and was earmarked for
urban renewal.
• It was one of the oldest settlements of Addis
Ababa, and its founding can be linked to the early
development of the city.

6. •Dejach Wube Sefer, commonly known as 'Wube
Bereha', is a renowned and historically significant
early neighbourhood (sefer) of Addis Ababa.
•The oldest and historic settlements of the city
including
•Gedam Sefer,
• Serategna Sefer
•Doro Maneqia
• Dejach Wube is also located in what is today
the sub-city Arada

7. •Dejazmach Wube Atenafseged, who settled in the area
surrounded by his advisors and servants.
•Ras Mekonnen and Bitwoded Haile-Giorghis were other
noblemen who also settled in the vicinity and contributed to
Arada's social and spatial patterns.
•In addition to the settlements which sprung up around the
noblemen's residences, other elements such as the
•Arada Market,
•Arada Giorghis Church,
•Dejach Wube's Prison and
•Construction of the Ras Mekonnen Bridge also influenced the
early ,Formation of Arada, especially Dejach Wube Sefer and its
surroundings.

8. • Ethiopia’s Emperor Haile-Selassie I (1892-1975) the road that
connected Arada Giorghis Church, Ras Mekonnen Bridge and the
National Palace was paved with asphalt
• which further increased the importance of the area in subsequent
decades of Addis Ababa’s history
The residence originally
belonging to Dejach Wube
Atenafseged, now
Addis Ababa Restaurant.

9. 1. Dejach Wube Residence
2. Arada Gioghis Church
3. Arada Market
4. Ras Mekonnen Bridge
5.Dejach Wube Prison
6.Hager-Fikir Theater
Primary elements that influenced
the formation ofDejach Wube
Sefer

10. • map of Dejach Wube Sefer to important
urban service nodes.
• During the five-year Italian occupation
from 1936 to 1941
• Dejach Wube Sefer was frequented by
Italian officials. Some of its houses,
including the residence of Dejach Wube.
• During the occupation and following the
return of Korean War veterans
• Dejach Wube Sefer became known for its
nightlife with several bars and nightclubs.
• The focal point for these businesses was
the street that runs from Arada Giorghis
to Afincho Ber and its immediate
surroundings
• During that time the location gained its
widely known name in the city Wube
Bereha

11. contribution of Dejach Wube
•Dejach Wube Sefer to Addis Ababa's history is
significant much.
•the socioeconomic and physical features of the
place and its environs, which are worth preserving
and reviving as part of the current and future
development of the area.
•The current tenure and administrative features of
Addis Ababa’s inner-city are shaped by the fact that
since 1975.

12. • Significant proportion of the inner-
city negourhoods .such a Dejach
Wube Sefer is thus characterised by
the condtions associated with kebele
housing.
• Kebele administrations were
mandated to maintain existing rental
houses under their management
and construct new ones, they were
not able to adequately carry out
these tasks due to the minimal
amount rent collected.

13. Everyday activities such as food
preparation, eating ineals.
laundry washing and drying,
children’s play, hair braiding and
weaving
sunbathing, gardening, poultry
raising, religious gatherings,
ritual
mourning, weddings and
holiday celebrations.

14. Population density of Dejach Wube
sefer
Dejach Wube Sefer
distribution of land uses

15. Dejach Wube to be a potentially
profitable location for
the type of business she believes
she could manage under the
right
circumstances. If she had
enough money and better
health, she would like
to open a kiosk, a cafeteria.

16. Thank you !!!