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7 unusual facts about Amhara Region


Ankober Serin

This bird is endemic to Ethiopia, inhabiting steep rocky slopes and high cliff-tops; the reported range of the Ankober Serin consists of several disjointed areas in northern Shewa and in the northern Amhara Region.

Atbarah River

At this time it forms a formidable barrier between the northern and central districts of the Amhara Region of Ethiopia.

Battle of Wofla

The Battle of Wofla was fought on August 28, 1542 near Lake Ashenge in Wofla (or Ofla) in the modern Ethiopian Region of Tigray (previously part of Wollo; its incorporation into Tigray instead of Amhara is therefore disputed), between the Portuguese under Cristóvão da Gama and the forces of Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi.

Federal Parliamentary Assembly

Representatives from the Oromia Region hold the most positions and representatives from the Amhara Region hold the second most positions, in correlation with the population order of the corresponding states.

Mille River

It drains parts of the Semien (North) Wollo and Debub (South) Wollo Zones of the Amhara Region, as well as Administrative Zone 4 of the Afar Region.

Oriental Orthodoxy

Oriental Orthodoxy is a dominant religion in Armenia (94%), the ethnically Armenian Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (95%), and in Ethiopia (43%, the total Christian population being 62%), especially in two regions in Ethiopia: Amhara (82%) and Tigray (96%), as well as the chartered city of Addis Ababa (75%).

SOS Sahel Ethiopia

SOS Sahel Ethiopia works in three regions of Ethiopia: the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's, Oromia and Amhara regions.


Daleti

Note: There are two other towns named Daleti, one in Yaso, Kamashi Zone, Benishangul-Gumuz Region, which is mainly populated by the Gumuz, and another in Siyadebrina Wayu, Semien Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, mainly populated by the Amhara.


see also

Belessa

The member of parliament from Belessa is the former President of the Amhara Region, and one time Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Addisu Legesse.