Merawi, Ethiopia

Merawi (Amharic: መርዓዊ) is a town with a separate administration located 30 kilometers to the south of Bahir Dar, Amhara Region's capital in north-western Ethiopia, in what was previously Bahir Dar Awraja of the Gojjam province. The town is surrounded by Mecha Woreda and also serves as the current seat of the woreda administration.

Geography

Merawi is situated about 30 kilometers to the south of Bahir Dar, Amhara Region's capital in north-western Ethiopia and approximately c.525 km from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital. Specifically, the town is located c.7km near to the Koga Dam, lying on a latitude and longitude Coordinate of 11°24′31″N 37°9′39″E / 11.40861°N 37.16083°E / 11.40861; 37.16083Coordinates: 11°24′31″N 37°9′39″E / 11.40861°N 37.16083°E / 11.40861; 37.16083 with an elevation of 1901 meters above sea level.

History

Merawi in its present form is said to be founded in the early 1940s by Fitawrari Admasu Yimam., its first administrator and the brother of the then governor of Gojjam, Dejazmach Abere Yimam.

Ethiopia

Coordinates: 8°N 38°E / 8°N 38°E / 8; 38

Ethiopia (/ˌiːθiˈoʊpiə/; Amharic: ኢትዮጵያ^?, ʾĪtyōṗṗyā,  listen ), officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ, ye-Ītyōṗṗyā Fēdēralāwī Dīmōkrāsīyāwī Rīpeblīk  listen ), is a sovereign state located in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Eritrea to the north and northeast, Djibouti and Somalia to the east, Sudan and South Sudan to the west, and Kenya to the south. With over 100 million inhabitants, Ethiopia is the most populous landlocked country in the world, as well as the second-most populous nation on the African continent after Nigeria. It occupies a total area of 1,100,000 square kilometres (420,000 sq mi), and its capital and largest city is Addis Ababa.

Some of the oldest evidence for anatomically modern humans has been found in Ethiopia, which is widely considered the region from which Homo sapiens first set out for the Middle East and points beyond. According to linguists, the first Afroasiatic-speaking populations settled in the Horn region during the ensuing Neolithic era. Tracing its roots to the 2nd millennium BC, Ethiopia was a monarchy for most of its history. During the first centuries AD the Kingdom of Aksum maintained a unified civilization in the region. followed by Abyssinia circa 1137.

Ethiopia (disambiguation)

Ethiopia is a country in the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia may also refer to:

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