Shewa Robit

Shewa Robit (also known as Shah Robit or Robit) is a town in north-central Ethiopia, located in the Semien Shewa Zone of the Amhara Region. Shewa Robit holds its market on Wednesdays.

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Shewa Robit has an estimated total population of 24,886 of whom 13,021 were males and 11,865 were females. [ [http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics] , Table B.4] The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 5,360 of whom 2,553 were males and 2,807 were females. The inhabitants include members of the Argobba people. [http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/r/ORTR.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"] (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 28 January 2008)] It is the largest settlement in Kewet woreda.

A visitor to Shewa Robit in 1985 described the town as follows: "Shah Robit is a one-street town of ramshackle adobes. The hotel we visited was made of mud with straw on a wood frame, walls stuccoed or painted, roof of corrugated iron. Doorways were small and crooked but there was electricity, a refrigerator and a shower. Children and chickens roamed everywhere. -- Except for the people, this could have been India or Egypt or Colombia or Bolivia."

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