Dangila

Dangila stands on the highlands of Agawmeder, in the country west of Lake Tana, where the Agaw people had long farmed the plateau. The town sat among cultivated fields and grazing land, and its name is explained by Agaw elders through words in their own language.

The town appears in the chronicles of Emperor Susenyos, who passed through in 1620. His commander Ras Sela Krestos defeated Mecha Oromo forces at Dangila, and the emperor himself raided the place in 1625 during a period of fighting across the surrounding country. Such campaigns, with their seizure of cattle and captives, were a regular part of the emperor's control of the highland provinces.