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Bahir Dar is located at the exit of the Abbay from Lake Tana at an altitude of 1,820 metres (5,970 ft) above sea level. [14] The city is located approximately 578 km north-northwest of Addis Ababa. The Lake Tana region is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve since 2015.
The Zege peninsula, which is covered by a dense tropical forest and of mainly by the endemic plant of coffee, is situated to the south west edge of lake Tana some 20 km on land and 15 km on water from the town of Bahir Dar (the capital city of Amhara Regional state of Ethiopia). Monasteries with immense historical and cultural interest history ...
Piaggia noted that Bahir Dar was located south of Gojjam, which had controlled the passage of trade at the mouth of the lake. Likewise, Alamanni viewed Bahir Dar as an important cultural centre, alongside Gondar, Yifag, Daria, Qorat'a in the north and Debre Werq, Dima, Bure, Debre Markos and Basso in the south. Alamanni estimated the population ...
Lake Tana (Amharic: ጣና ሐይቅ, romanized: T’ana ḥāyik’i; previously transcribed Tsana [1]) is the largest lake in Ethiopia and a source of the Blue Nile. Located in Amhara Region in the north-western Ethiopian Highlands , the lake is approximately 84 kilometres (52 miles) long and 66 kilometres (41 miles) wide, with a maximum ...
Amhara man riding a boat on the shores of Lake Tana. The Blue Nile Falls near Bahir Dar. According to the Ethiopian government website, the Amhara Highlands receive 80% of Ethiopia’s total annual rainfall of and are the country's most fertile and climatically hospitable region. [12] Lake Tana, in the Amhara Region, is the source of the Blue ...
Blue Nile Falls. The Blue Nile Falls is a waterfall on the Blue Nile river in West Gojjam, Amhara Region, Ethiopia.It is known as Tis Abay in Amharic, meaning 'great smoke'.It is situated on the upper course of the river, about 30 kilometres (19 miles) downstream from the town of Bahir Dar and Lake Tana.
Dek Island (Amharic: ደቅ ደሴት Däq Däset) is the biggest island (approximately 16 square kilometers in size) on Lake Tana in Ethiopia. It is administratively included in the Bahir Dar Zuria woreda of the Mirab Gojjam Zone. To the southeast of Dek is the much smaller Daga Island.
Bahir Dar Zuria (Amharic: ባሕር ዳር ዙሪያ "Greater Bahir Dar Area") is a woreda in Amhara Region, Ethiopia.Part of the Mirab Gojjam Zone, this woreda is bordered on the south by Yilmana Densa, on the southwest by Mecha, on the northwest by the Gilgel Abay River which separates it from Semien Achefer, on the north by Lake Tana, on the shores of Lake Tana situates the city and special ...