Debarq

Debarq
ደባርቅ
Town
Main street of Debark
Main street of Debark
Debarq is located in Ethiopia
Debarq
Debarq
Location in Ethiopia
Coordinates: 13°08′N 37°54′E / 13.133°N 37.900°E / 13.133; 37.900
Country Ethiopia
RegionAmhara
ZoneNorth Gondar
Elevation
2,850 m (9,350 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total24,700 [1]
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Debarq (Amharic: ደባርቅ) also spelled Dabareq and Debark, is a town in northern Ethiopia, 90 kilometers north-east of Gondar on the highway between Gondar and Axum, and is in the Semien Gondar Zone of the Amhara Region. It has a latitude and longitude of 13°08′N 37°54′E / 13.133°N 37.900°E / 13.133; 37.900 and an elevation of 2850 meters above sea level.[2][3]

Debarq is located on the western foothills of the Semien mountains, and nowadays serves as a starting point for hiking tours to the Semien Mountains National Park.[3]

  1. ^ World Population Review https://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/cities/ethiopia Archived 2020-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Ethiopian Roads Authority, Gondar-Debark Road Project: Review of Environmental Impact Assessment, February 2007, p. 13. The geographical coordinates and elevation for Debarq are disputed: four other possible values are listed at "Local History in Ethiopia"[permanent dead link] (pdf), The Nordic Africa Institute website
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Aethiopica3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).