Yejju

Yejju belong to the The Amhara people branch of wello Provence. They are one of the northernmost communities of the Amhara, who are the second largest ethnic group in Ethiopia.

Expansion to the north traditional Amhara and Tigray regions, and the assimilation of these peoples into the dominant culture beginning at the turn of the 20th century, the Yejju presently found in the ethnic Amhara dominated regions of northern Ethiopia identify as Amharas.

During the 17th century, the Yejju dynasty (more specifically, the Warasek) ruled much of the Ethiopian empire during the Zemene Mesafint or "Age of Princes".

As early as 1890, under the reign of Menelik II, the homeland of the Yejju was organised into an Ethiopian province named for them. It was bordered by the Alewuha River to the north, separating it from Rayya Qobbo district, the Mille River to the south, separating it from Wollo Province, the Afar Depression to the east, and the highlands of Amba Sel to the west. Woldiya served as its capital city.