Wereta
Sign in to saveWoreta (also transliterated as Wereta) is a town in northern Ethiopia. Located in the Debub Gondar Zone of the Amhara Region, east of Lake Tana and south of Addis Zemen, this town has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 1828 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Fogera woreda.
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Place details
- Locality
- Wereta
- Region
- አማራ ክልል Amhara أمحرة
- Country
- ኢትዮጵያ
- Population
- 47,800
- Timezone
- Africa/Addis_Ababa
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Woreta
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- ET Amhara asv2018-02 img114 Wereta.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ethiopia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Ethiopia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ethiopia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Amhara
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Zone
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Debub Gondar
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2005
- Settlement.population_total
- 26,317
- Settlement.timezone
- EAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +3
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 1828
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Wikidata facts
- Elevation
- 1828
- Image
- ET Amhara asv2018-02 img114 Wereta.jpg
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- Wereta
- P12749
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Woreta (also transliterated as Wereta) is a town in northern Ethiopia. Located in the Debub Gondar Zone of the Amhara Region, east of Lake Tana and south of Addis Zemen, this town has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 1828 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Fogera woreda.
== History == Wereta appears in the Royal chronicles during the first reign of Emperor Tekle Giyorgis (1779-1784), as the place whence Ras Hailu Eshte fled after escaping imprisonment in Gondar.
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