Wurgessa (Amharic: ውርጌሳ) is a small town located in the district of Habru, in the North Wollo zone of the Amhara Region, Ethiopia.[1] Wurgessa is located along Ethiopian Highway 2, or Kombolcha – Woldiya road, 465 km from Addis Ababa and 25 km south of the woreda (district) town Mersa.[2] Wurgessa is the birth place of the late comedian Alebachew Teka.
Surroundings of Gatira, a hamlet of Wurgesa
^"Wurgessa: Ethiopia". Geographical Names. ITA. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
^Ibrahim, Jemal (2011). Landslide Assessmeent and Hazard Zonation in Mersa & Wurgessa, North Wollo, Ethiopia (MSc thesis). Addis Ababa University.
Wurgessa (Amharic: ውርጌሳ) is a small town located in the district of Habru, in the North Wollo zone of the Amhara Region, Ethiopia. Wurgessa is located...
in Wollo Province, in a small town called Wurgessa in 1962. He completed his elementary education at Wurgessa junior high school and moved to Addis Ababa...
level. Cities in South Wollo include Kombolcha, Hayq, Dessie, Wuchale and Wurgessa. On 24 August 2009 Zonal authorities announced that approximately 540 safe...
Gondar zones of the Amhara Region, mostly around the towns of Wegeltena, Wurgessa and Haro. He also stated there was a "massive build up of forces on all...
and on the east by the Afar Region. Towns in Habru include Mersa and Wurgessa. The altitude of this woreda ranges from 700 meters above sea level where...
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