Historical enquiry and research in Ethiopia has been for long centered on general themes and historical developments that revolve around the national historical phenomena. However, in the last decade attempts have made to reconstruct the history of many localities from a local vantage point. To this end, apart from some references made in relation to the general historical developments of Gojjam and Miitdkkdl, it is difficult to find the history of the Wiiriida explained in a rl!latively detailed way. It is towards filling the gap that the study has conducted. This thesis is reconstructing the administrative and socio-economic history of Guangua Wiiriida during the second half of twentieth century. The study covers the period from 1941- 2010, in which the people of Guangua Wiiriida, similar to other Gojjam peoples, experienced significant, political and socio-economic development. The study concentrated on reconstructing the history of the Wiiriida 194lto 2010. It starts its historical analysis for the Wiiriida by exploring the . · different developments that Wiiriida had experienced before the 1941