Why visit Dembech’a
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About Dembech’a
Dembecha is a town in northwestern Ethiopia 349 km north of Addis Ababa. Located in the Mirab Gojjam Zone of the Amhara Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 10°33′N 37°29′E with an elevation of 2083 meters above sea level. It is one of three towns in Dembecha woreda.
From the Wikipedia article Dembecha (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
Dembecha is mentioned as one of the places which the Emperor Yohannes passed through between 8 May and 18 July 1683 on his journey from Yebaba to Gondar.
Dembecha was included as one of the stages of the Gondar-Boso trade route of the 1840s, according to a list compiled by Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie in his Geodesie d'Ethiopie. The British traveller C.T. Beke stayed several times in this town during 1842, beginning with several days during February 1842 while he waited for Dejazmach Goshu Zewde to complete his homage to Ras Ali and return. Beke described the town at the time as a "large town" located "on the slope of another ridge of the mountains coming from the N.E." He also notes its importance due to its location on one of the principal caravan routes through Gojjam.
As part of the East African Campaign of World War II, Gideon Force encountered a vastly superior Italian force under Colonel Natale near the fort at Dembecha on 5 March 1942. Although defeated in the battle, the British force inflicted such heavy casualties that three days later the Italian garrison was forced to withdraw to Debre Marqos. Seizing this fort allowed the British to isolate Debre Marqos from the rest of the Italian forces.
From the History section of Dembecha on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Debre Markos Airfield (DBM) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 38 km away.
- Finote Selam 29 km northwest, about 29 min by car
- Debre Mark’os 35 km southeast, about 35 min by car
- Burē 48 km west, about 48 min by car
- Shendi 59 km west, about 59 min by car
- Lumamē 59 km southeast, about 59 min by car
- Tīlīlī 61 km northwest, about 1 h by car
- Mot’a 73 km northeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Ginja Bet 73 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Gimja Bēt Maryam 74 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Injibara 80 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
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