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1Blue Nile Falls  
FeatureType : landmark
Elevation : 1634
Lat/Lng : 11.4905 / 37.5878
The Blue Nile Falls is a waterfall on the Blue Nile river in Ethiopia. It is known as Tis Abay in Amharic, meaning "great smoke". It is situated on the upper course of the river, about 30 km downstream from the town of Bahir Dar and Lake Tana (...)
2Martyrs Memorial Monument  
FeatureType : landmark
Elevation : 1807
Lat/Lng : 11.6022 / 37.4126
Martyrs Memorial Monument is a monument built in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, in memory of those people who gave their life fighting against the Derg dictatorship. (...)
3 Bahir Dar  
FeatureType : city
Elevation : 1798
Lat/Lng : 11.585 / 37.39
Bahir Dar (Amharic: ባሕር ዳር, ', "sea shore") is the former capital of Gojjam province and the current capital of the Amhara Regional State. Administratively, Bahir Dar is a Special Zone. Bahir Dar is one of the leading tourist destinations in Ethiopia, with a variety of attractions in the nearby Lake (...)
4Bahir Dar University  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 1802
Lat/Lng : 11.5972 / 37.3958
Bahir Dar University is a university in the city of Bahir Dar, the capital of the Amhara National Regional State in Ethiopia. The University is a combination of two smaller institutes formed earlier, after the departments were gradually raised to a degree level starting from 1996 (...)
5Bahir Dar Stadium  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 1797
Lat/Lng : 11.5847 / 37.3828
Bahir Dar Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. It is used mostly for football matches although it also has athletics facilities. The stadium has a capacity of 60,000 people. Currently, the stadium is the largest in the country by capacity. (...)
6Ethiopian Catholic Eparchy of Bahir Dar–Dessie  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 1792
Lat/Lng : 11.6 / 37.3833
The Ethiopian Catholic Eparchy of Bahir Dar–Dessie (Bahir Dar–Dessie of the Ethiopics) is one of the three suffragan eparchies (Eastern Catholic dioceses) in the ecclesiastical province (covering all Ethiopia) of the Metropolitan Ethiopian Catholic Archeparchy of Addis Abeba, which comprises the (...)
7Adet  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 2203
Lat/Lng : 11.2667 / 37.4833
Adet (also known as Adet Medhanialem) is a town in northwestern Ethiopia. Located south of Bahir Dar in the Mirab Gojjam Zone of the Amhara Region (or kilil), this town has a latitude and longitude of with an altitude of 2,216 meters above sea level (...)
8Yilmana Densa  
FeatureType : adm3rd
Elevation : 1897
Lat/Lng : 11.5 / 37.3333
Yilmana Densa is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mirab Gojjam Zone, Yilmana Densa is bordered on the south by Kuarit, on the southwest by Sekela, on the west by Mecha, on the north by Bahir Dar Zuria, on the east by the Abay River which separates it from the Debub (...)
9Dera, Amhara (woreda)  
FeatureType : adm3rd
Elevation : 1869
Lat/Lng : 11.75 / 37.5
Dera is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Debub Gondar Zone, Dera is bordered on the south by the Abbay River which separates it from the Mirab Gojjam Zone, on the west by Lake Tana, on the north by Fogera, on the northeast by Misraq Este, and on the east by Mirab Este (...)
10Hulet Ej Enese  
FeatureType : adm3rd
Elevation : 1765
Lat/Lng : 11.25 / 37.75
Hulet Ej Enese i one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Misraq Gojjam Zone, it is bordered on the south by Debay Telatgen, on the west by Bibugn and Goncha, on the northwest by the Mirab Gojjam Zone, on the north by the Abay River (which separates it from the Debub Gondar (...)