Dengel Ber is a town in western Ethiopia. Located on the south-western shore of Lake Tana in the Semien Gondar Zone of the Amhara Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 11°57′N37°00′E / 11.950°N 37.000°E / 11.950; 37.000. Access to this town includes track roads to both Shawra and Kunzela and weekly service by the Bahir Dar-Gorgora ferry on Lake Tana.[1] While the name of the town is indisputably Amharic, there is some disagreement over the meaning of its name: while "Pass of the Virgin" has been the most common interpretation since at least the days James Bruce visited Ethiopia,[2] Huntingford and Beckingham state that it means "pass of canna plants".[3]
^Philip Briggs, Ethiopia: The Bradt Travel Guide, 3rd edition (Chalfont St Peters: Bradt, 2002), p. 195
^Bruce, Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile (1805 edition), vol. 5 p. 208
^C.F. Beckingham and G.W.B. Huntingford, Some Records of Ethiopia, 1593-1646 (London: Hakluyt Society, 1954), p. 233
DengelBer is a town in western Ethiopia. Located on the south-western shore of Lake Tana in the Semien Gondar Zone of the Amhara Region, this town has...
Battle of Chenti Ber (October, 1839), defeating and capturing Kinfu's relative Walda Tekle. Not long afterwards, she deposed Sahle Dengel on 29 August 1840...
and Tekle Giyorgis abandoned the city, proceeding to Gojjam by way of DengelBer, where he was joined by Ras Haile Yosadiq, and together they marched on...
rebellious vassal, and Kassa responded by moving to a fortified position near DengelBer. Ras Ali's officers found Kassa's position too strong to attack, so they...
was shown the place, tree and mark. James Bruce, travelling south of DengelBer over three centuries later, mentions passing "the small village of Waindega...
fought and defeated Fasil of Damot in a large, costly battle. Tekle Haymanot is said to have camped at DengelBer on his march south against Fasil. v t e...
fords of the Abay River, so Ras Yimam circled west of Lake Tana through DengelBer to reach Dejazmach Haile Maryam in Dembiya. Surprised, Dejazmach Haile...
480 of whom 7,063 are men and 7,417 are women. The 1994 census reported DengelBer had a total population of 8,364 of whom 3,716 were men and 4,648 were...
declared his allegiance for Emperor Tekle Haymanot and left Gondar for DengelBer. The Scottish traveller James Bruce, who was living in the capital city...
Zone. The administrative center of Alefa is Shawra; other towns include DengelBer, Esey Dibir and Gomenge. Rivers include the Dinder. Jawi and Takusa woredas...
choice, Baeda Maryam. When Yimam heard of this, he returned by way of DengelBer, pursuing Dejazmach Haile Maryam as far as Waldebba where they fought...
725 of whom 4,120 are men and 4,605 are women. The 1994 census reported DengelBer had a total population of 40,054 of whom 2,168 were men and 2,886 were...
of battles followed that year, which led to Heqzeyas fleeing alone to DengelBer. These defeats also led to Ras Aligaz's fall from leadership of the Yejju...
Battle of Chenti Ber (October, 1839), defeating and capturing Kinfu's relative Walda Tekle. Not long afterwards, she deposed Sahle Dengel on 29 August 1840...
Kassa refused to acknowledge an attempt to restore the former Emperor Sahle Dengel in the place of the hapless Yohannes III who had acknowledged Kassa immediately...
provided a slightly altered line of succession from Yekuno Amlak to Lebna Dengel: The above list omits at least one of the sons of Yagbe'u Seyon. The second...
1478) 1582 – Teresa of Ávila, Spanish nun and saint (b. 1515) 1597 – Sarsa Dengel, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1550) 1646 – Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel...