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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The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 3 mapped points.
Within Vinony's link graph, Wereta is referenced by 10 other articles, and connects out to Ethiopia, time zone and geographic coordinate system.
It is catalogued under topics including Populated places in the Amhara Region and Populated places on Lake Tana.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
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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
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Located in
- South Gondar Zone
- Elevation
- 1828
- Image
- ET Amhara asv2018-02 img114 Wereta.jpg
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- Wereta
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Demographics
- Transport
- Notes
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wereta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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