Quarit
ቋሪት | |
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| Zone | Mirab Gojjam |
| Region | Amhara |
| Area | |
| • Total | 602.99 km2 (232.82 sq mi) |
| Population (2012 est.) | |
| • Total | 124,309 [1] |
Quarit (Amharic: ቋሪት) is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mirab Gojjam Zone, Quarit is bordered on the southwest by Jabi Tehnan, on the west by Sekela, on the north by Yilmana Densa, on the east by the Misraq Gojjam Zone, and on the southeast by Dega Damot. The major town in Quarit is Gebeze Mariam. Goncha woreda was separated from Quarit.
The highest point in this woreda and in the West Gojjam Zone is Mount Amedamit, a part of the mount choqa, with an elevation of 3619 meters. Mount Adama, from which the river Birr one of the tributaries of Blue Nile river starts its flow is one of the highest picks in the woreda. It was at the foot of this mountain that the Battle of Amedamit was fought on 6 October 1620 between Ras Sela Kristos, half-brother of the Emperor Susenyos of Ethiopia, and a group of rebels who opposed Susenyos' Pro-Catholic beliefs. The rebels were crushed.[2]
- ^ a b Geohive: Ethiopia Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ this battle is described in James Bruce 'Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile (1805 edition), vol. 3, pp. 353-355