Shortly after the capture of Shashemene in May 1941, a mobile force, consisting of one company of the Natal Mounted Rifles and the 6th KAR, with light tanks and armoured cars, moved forward towards Dilla.
Covering 58 square kilometers, the reserve is located some 10 kilometers south of the Shashemene-Arba Minch road near the town of Aje.
Shashemene City (aka Shashemene Kenema) is an Ethiopian football club, in the city of Shashemene, Misraq Shewa Zone, Oromia Region.