» for the village in Nepal see Hadiya, NepalHadiya was a powerful vassal kingdom of Ethiopia, located in southwestern Ethiopia, south of the Abbay River and west of Shewa. It acquired its name from its inhabitants, the Hadiya people. The historical Hadiya area was situated between Kembata, Gamo, and Waj, southwest of Shewa. By 1850 Hadiya's placed north-west of lakes Zway and Langano but still between these areas. It was described in the mid-Fourteenth century by Chihab Al-Umari as measuring ei… (More on Hadiya)