Sela Dingay | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 9°58′N 39°38′E / 9.967°N 39.633°E | |
Country | Ethiopia |
Region | Amhara |
Zone | Semien Shewa |
Elevation | 2,880 m (9,450 ft) |
Population (2005) | |
• Total | 2,707 (est) |
Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Sela Dingay is a town in central Ethiopia. In Amharic the name means the sharpened stone, named for a rock which rolled over the edge of the southern rim of the gorge of the Mofar River, and killed a group of people sitting on it.[1] Located in the Semien Shewa Zone of the Amhara Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 09°58′N 39°38′E / 9.967°N 39.633°E with elevations variously given as 2880 and 2915 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Mojana Wadera woreda.