Dehana: History
The Orthodox Tewahedo saint Iyasus Mo'a was born in "Dehana," which may have been this woreda, although G.W.B. Huntingford identifies it with Dahna, a village 15 miles east of the Tekeze River.
The Battle of Qwila, where Wagshum Gobeze defeated and killed his rival Tiso Gobeze of Welkait in late 1867, was fought in this woreda.