Qwara Province

The region contains a large Amhara and Kemant community, some speaking the nearly extinct Kemant language, and was formerly inhabited by a substantial number of qwaragna ethnic group, who spoke the Qwara language. It consists of many ethnic groups, such as qwara, which contain majority, qwaragna and Agaw. More importantly, the people live peacefully.

Qwara had political importance at least as early as the reign of Iyoas I, when the Dowager Queen Mentewab relied on her supporters in Qwara to support her against her rival Wubit, the wife of her son the late Emperor Iyasu II. More importantly, it formed part of the territories of the warlord Dejazmach Meru, who had inherited the office of governor of Qwara from his uncle, Kenyazmach Kebte; these territories, known as Ye Meru Qemas (literally, "The mouth of Meru", or "What Meru eats") were inherited by Dejazmach Kinfu. In Qwara, was born Kinfu's relation, Kassa Hailu, who later used Kinfu's relationships in Qwara to build a power base there in his successful effort that made him Emperor "Tewodros the qwaragna" who was born in qwara and was expelled from religious schooling called ye q'es bet (preist's house) because of his ethnic origin later feuling his hatred of the Orthodox christian faith. II.[1] The future Emperor made Qwara his base from the Battle of Koso Bar until his victory at the Battle of Gur Amba (27 September 1852), sometimes as a shifta, or outlaw.[2]