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The mountain is the source of over 40 rivers and is located around 60 km north of Debre Markos and at 4100 meters above sea level. It is also a home of diverse wildlife, birds, clean air which creates stimulating memories and relives stress. Debre Markos is also known for being a producer of prolific writers, monuments, poetries, and spirituals.
The Tekle Haymanot Arch in Debre Markos. Ultimately Emperor Menelik determined that Gojjam was too valuable a province to be held by one man and, upon the death of Tekle Haymanot, Menelik divided Gojjam into three parts. He assigned the three parts to different men responsible to him. One of the men came from Shewa. [3]
Gojjam (Amharic: ጎጃም gōjjām, originally ጐዛም gʷazzam, later ጐዣም gʷažžām, ጎዣም gōžžām) is a historical provincial kingdom in northwestern Ethiopia, with its capital city at Debre Markos. During the 18th century, Gojjam's western neighbors were Agawmeder in the southwest and Qwara in the northwest.
Its capital is Debre Markos. East Gojjam is named after the former province of Gojjam. East Gojjam is bordered on the south by the Oromia Region, on the west by West Gojjam, on the north by South Gondar, and on the east by South Wollo; the bend of the Abay River defines the Zone's northern, eastern and southern boundaries.
In the early 1930s Haddis returned to Gojjam and worked as a customs clerk and school headmaster before moving to a teaching position at Debre Markos. Haddis Alemayehu fought during the Italian-Ethiopian war for colonialism (1935–36) until he was captured and sent to the Island of Ponza in the western Mediterranean and then to the island of ...
The region's recorded history, in fact, goes back to the early 13th century. For example, ... Debre Markos University, in Debre Markos, established in 2007;
Debre Markos University (DMU) is a public research university in Debre Markos, Ethiopia. DMU is located in the area endowed with pleasant weather, abundant natural resources, including Choke Mountains water-shade which covers six different agro-ecology zones within 50 km (31 mi) radius with various bio-diversity and source of many tributaries to the Nile, and Upper Blue Nile Gorge.
Debre Markos: Amhara: 2007 Wolaita Sodo University: Sodo: South Ethiopia: 2007 Another campuses are Gandaba Campus, Otona Campus and Tercha Campus. Wollega University: Naqamte: Oromia: 2007 Wollo University Dessie / Kombolcha: Amhara: 2007 Wollo University is one of the federal universities in Ethiopia. There are two campuses, one in Dessie and ...