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3 unusual facts about Mount Zuqualla


Gabra Manfas Qeddus

Gabra Manfas Qeddus (Amharic: ጋብራ ማንፋስ ቀድዱስ; also familiarly called Abo) was an Ethiopian Christian saint, and the founder of the monastery of Zuqualla.

In Ethiopia he founded the monastery of Zuqualla, an extinct volcano, which is in the southern part of the former province of Shewa (now in Ada'a Chukala woreda).

Melka Kunture

The finds are dated by volcanic depositions left by eruptions of Mount Zuqualla, northheast of Melka Kunture.



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