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Debre Berhan Zuria
ደብረ ብርሃን ዙሪያ | |
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Woreda | |
 Flag | |
| Zone | Semien Shewa |
| Region | Amhara Region |
| Area [1] | |
| • Total | 1,208.17 km2 (466.48 sq mi) |
| Population (2012 est.) | |
| • Total | 130,403 [1] |
Debre Berhan Zuria or Basona Werana ("Baso and Werana") is a woreda in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Located at the eastern edge of the Ethiopian highlands in the Semien Shewa Zone, Basona Werana is bordered on the south by Angolalla Tera, on the southwest by the Oromia Region, on the west by Siyadebrina Wayu, on the northwest by Moretna Jiru, on the north by Mojana Wadera, on the northeast by Termaber, and on the east by Ankober. The town and woreda of Debre Berhan is an enclave inside this woreda. Towns in this woreda include Gudoberet.
This woreda was originally named Debre Berhan Zuria ("Greater Debre Berhan"), the name used in the 1994 national census, but it was changed before the Ethiopian Agricultural Sample Survey in October 2001, which used the present name.
The Battle of Segale was fought on 27 October 1916 in this woreda. In this battle, the supporters of Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia were defeated, which secured the outcome of the palace coup the previous month, in which Zewditu had been proclaimed Empress.
- ^ a b Geohive: Ethiopia Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine