Dawunt | |
|---|---|
 Flag | |
| Zone | Semien Wollo |
| Region | Amhara |
| Area | |
| • Total | 618.20 km2 (238.69 sq mi) |
| Population (2012 est.) | |
| • Total | 70,464[2] |
Dawunt (Amharic: ዳውንት) is a woreda in Amhara Region, Ethiopia. Part of the Semien (North) Wollo Zone, Dawunt is bordered on the south by the Checheho River which separated it from the Debub Wollo Zone, on the west by the Semien Gondar Zone, on the northwest by Meket, on the north by Wadla, and on the east by Delanta. Dawunt was part of former Dawuntna Delant woreda.
One landmark of this woreda is the cave church Debre Abuna Muse, also locally called Yadibba Maryam. It is notable for the quality of the paintings on its walls and ceiling. "The style is archaic," writes S. Wright, "recalling manuscript illuminations of the fourteenth century. The subjects are not unusual; historical figures include the kings Yemràhanna-Krestos and Lâlibalâ, but early saints and patriarchs predominate."[3]
- ^ a b Geohive: Ethiopia Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "GeoHive - Ethiopia population statistics". www.geohive.com. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ Wright, "Notes on some Cave Churches in the Province of Wallo," Annales d'Ethiopie, 2 (1957), p. 10