Blue Nile Falls-03, by CT Snow · CT Snow from Hsinchu, Taiwan, CC BY 2.0

Blue Nile Falls · Ben Robbins, CC BY-SA 3.0

EthiopieNilBleuChutes · BluesyPete, CC BY-SA 3.0

Blue Nile Falls 01 · by Giustino, CC BY 2.0

Portuguese Bridge, Tis Issat, Ethiopia (26546992943) · cotterillmike, CC0

Blue Nile falls (5494285063) · Katie Hunt from St Albans, UK, CC BY 2.0

T’īs Isat, Ethiopia

T’īs Isat is a town of 39,200 people in Amhara, Ethiopia.

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Population39,200 GeoNames

RegionAmhara

Elevation1,645 m 5,397 ft

Time zoneAfrica/Addis Ababa

Nearest airportBahir Dar Dejazmach Belay Zeleke International Airport (BJR) 32 km

Why visit T’īs Isat

Townapedia lists 1 museum or landmark, 1 place to eat, 1 place to stay and 1 attraction in and around town.

Highlights include Blue Nile Falls.

Things to do1

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Blue Nile Falls

Waterfall · 0.9 km

Waterfall in Ethiopia

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Museums and landmarks1

Old Portuguese Bridge of the Abay

Monument and historic site · 1.3 km

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Restaurants and cafes1

Coffee Lady

Cafe

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Where to stay1

Blue Nile Camping

Campground · 1.0 km

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Churches and places of worship2

Bete Mariam church

Church · Orthodox · 1.1 km

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Tis Abay Mehane Alem (Redeemer of the World) Church

Church · Ethiopian Orthodox · 1.5 km

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Map of T’īs Isat

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Getting there and nearby towns

Bahir Dar Dejazmach Belay Zeleke International Airport (BJR) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 32 km away.

Bahir Dar 24 km northwest, about 24 min by car
Ādēt 26 km southwest, about 26 min by car
Mer’āwī 46 km west, about 46 min by car
Werota 50 km north, about 50 min by car
Mot’a 54 km southeast, about 54 min by car
Debre Tabor 62 km northeast, about 1 h by car
Gurbetē 70 km west, about 1 h 15 min by car
Ādīs Zemen 74 km north, about 1 h 15 min by car
Dangila 85 km west, about 1 h 30 min by car
Ibnat 88 km northeast, about 1 h 30 min by car

Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.

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GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos

Photo credits

Blue Nile Falls-03, by CT Snow, CT Snow from Hsinchu, Taiwan, CC BY 2.0
Blue Nile Falls, Ben Robbins, CC BY-SA 3.0
EthiopieNilBleuChutes, BluesyPete, CC BY-SA 3.0
Blue Nile Falls 01, by Giustino, CC BY 2.0
Portuguese Bridge, Tis Issat, Ethiopia (26546992943), cotterillmike, CC0
Blue Nile falls (5494285063), Katie Hunt from St Albans, UK, CC BY 2.0

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