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The Amhara region has the most world heritage sites of any region in Ethiopia and is endowed with natural and geographic wonders and ecosystems. The region contains Ethiopia's largest inland body of water Lake Tana , which is the source of the Blue Nile river.
Amhara, people of the Ethiopian central highlands and one of the major ethnolinguistic groups in Ethiopia. The language of the Amhara is known as Amharic and belongs to the Semitic language family. The Amhara inhabit much of present-day Ethiopia and have long dominated the history of the region.
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Aug 10, 2023 · Fierce fighting broke out last week in Ethiopia’s northern Amhara region, just nine months after the end of a devastating two-year war in the neighbouring Tigray region.
Amhara Plateau, montane region of northern and central Ethiopia, the historical home of the Amhara and Tigre peoples. Itself a part of the larger Ethiopian Plateau, it is composed, north to south, of the Tigray Plateau, centred on the city of Aksum; the Simien Mountains, northeast of Gonder; the Gojam Massif, east of Lake Tana; and the Shewa ...
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Aug 15, 2023 · The crisis is so serious that many people say the Amhara state government - controlled by Mr Abiy's ruling Prosperity Party (PP) - is on the brink of collapse, with key officials having fled to...
Amhara, People of the Ethiopian central highlands. The Amhara number some 18 million and compose almost three-tenths of Ethiopia’s population. Their language is Amharic, a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic family, and their religion is Ethiopian Orthodox.
Amharas (Amharic: አማራ, romanized: Āmara; [9] Ge'ez: ዐምሐራ, romanized: ʾÄməḥära) [10] are a Semitic-speaking ethnic group indigenous to Ethiopia, traditionally inhabiting parts of the northwest Highlands of Ethiopia, particularly inhabiting the Amhara Region.
