Aliyu Amba | |
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  Aliyu Amba Location in Ethiopia | |
| Coordinates: 09°32′N 39°48′E / 9.533°N 39.800°E | |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Region | Amhara Region |
| Zone | Semien Shewa Zone |
| Elevation | 1,805 m (5,922 ft) |
| Population (2005 est.) | |
| • Total | 2,873 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Aliyu Amba (Amharic: ዐልዩ ዐምባ) is a town in central Ethiopia. Located in the Semien Shewa Zone of the Amhara Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 09°32′N 39°48′E / 9.533°N 39.800°E with an elevation of 1805 meters above sea level. It was historically part of the Ifat region.[1] The town is located near the ancient state of Kwelgora.[2]
Charles Johnston, who passed through this settlement 31 May 1841, described it as "perched upon a flat-topped isolated rock that, nearly at right angles with the road, juts across the upper end of a pretty little valley".[3]
There is a weekly market in Aliyu Amba, which is held on Sunday. Educational facilities in the early 1990s included one primary and one junior secondary school.[4]
- ^ Aleyyu Amba: The Ifat and its political, religious and commercial networks during the XIXth century. French Center for Ethiopian Studies.
- ^ Crawford, O.G.S. (9 August 2019). Ethiopian Itineraries circa 1400-1524: Including those Collected by Alessandro Zorzi at Venice in the Years 1519-24. Taylor & Francis. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-317-14101-3.
- ^ Johnston, Travels in Southern Abyssinia through the Country of Adal to the Kingdom of Shoa (London, 1844), vol. 2 p. 50
- ^ "Ethiopian Village Studies: Dinki, Tegulet North Shewa" Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine, Center for the Study of African Economies (accessed 8 August 2009)