Global Information Lookup Global Information

Sela Dingay information


Sela Dingay
Town
Sela Dingay is located in Ethiopia
Sela Dingay
Sela Dingay
Location in Ethiopia
Coordinates: 9°58′N 39°38′E / 9.967°N 39.633°E / 9.967; 39.633
CountryEthiopia
RegionAmhara
ZoneSemien Shewa
Elevation
2,880 m (9,450 ft)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total2,707 (est)
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Sela Dingay is a town in central Ethiopia. In Amharic the name means the sharpened stone, named for a rock which rolled over the edge of the southern rim of the gorge of the Mofar River, and killed a group of people sitting on it.[1] Located in the Semien Shewa Zone of the Amhara Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 09°58′N 39°38′E / 9.967°N 39.633°E / 9.967; 39.633 with elevations variously given as 2880 and 2915 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Mojana Wadera woreda.

  1. ^ Journals of the Rev. Messrs. Isenberg and Krapf, Missionaries of the Church Missionary Society, Detailing their proceedings in the kingdom of Shoa, and journeys in other parts of Abyssinia, in the years 1839, 1840, 1841 and 1842, (London, 1843), pp. 294f

and 6 Related for: Sela Dingay information

Request time (Page generated in 0.7763 seconds.)

Sela Dingay

Last Update:

Sela Dingay is a town in central Ethiopia. In Amharic the name means the sharpened stone, named for a rock which rolled over the edge of the southern...

Word Count : 488

War in Amhara

Last Update:

Merawi that resulted in at least 89 civilian deaths. On 19 February, near Sela Dingay, Mojana Wedera district an ENDF drone struck a truck of full of civilians...

Word Count : 3747

Tsadkane Mariam Monastery

Last Update:

Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo monastery located in mountainous region in Sela Dingay, in North Shewa Zone of Amhara Region, around 200 km (120 mi) northeast...

Word Count : 720

Sahle Selassie

Last Update:

Selassie seized this chance at rule by rushing from the monastery at Sela Dingay where he was a student "and probably with the support of his mother Zenebework's...

Word Count : 1886

Mojana Wadera

Last Update:

on the east by Termaber. The administrative center of this woreda is Sela Dingay. Mojana Wadera was separated from Termaber woreda. Based on the 2007...

Word Count : 155

Wossen Seged

Last Update:

of the Virgin in Debre Libanos, as well as building a new church in Sela Dingay. Despite these works, the local Ethiopian church were dissatisfied with...

Word Count : 548

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net