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1 | Blue 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 (...) | |
2 | Martyrs 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 (...) |
4 | Bahir 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 (...) | |
5 | Bahir 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. (...) | |
6 | Ethiopian 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 (...) | |
7 | Adet ![]() 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 (...) | |
8 | Yilmana 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 (...) | |
9 | Dera, 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 (...) | |
10 | Hulet 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 (...) | |