Metemma
Metemma, also known as Metemma Yohannes, is a town in northwestern Ethiopia, on the border with Sudan. Located in the Semien Gondar Zone of the Amhara Region, Metemma has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 685 meters above sea level.- Type: Town with 25,600 residents
- Description: city
- Also known as: “Gallabat”, “Genda Wuha”, “Matamā”, “Metema”, “Metema Yohanis”, “Metemma Yohannes”, and “መተማ / Metema”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gallabat.
Gallabat
Town
Gallabat is a village in the Sudanese state of Al Qadarif. It lies at one of the country's border crossing points with Ethiopia; on the other side of the border is Ethiopia's corresponding border village Metemma.
Metemma
- Categories: city, border city, and locality
- Location: Amhara, Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
12.95381° or 12° 57′ 14″ north
Longitude
36.15637° or 36° 9′ 23″ east
Population
25,600
Elevation
712 metres (2,336 feet)
IATA airport code
ETE
United Nations Location Code
ET ETE
Open location code
7G4RX534+GG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Zulu—“Metemma” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “መተማ”
- Arabic: “المتمة الإثيوبية”
- Asturian: “Metemma”
- Catalan: “Al-Matamma”
- Catalan: “Matamma”
- Catalan: “Metamma”
- Cebuano: “Metemma”
- Chinese: “米提瑪”
- Dutch: “Metemma”
- Finnish: “Metemma”
- French: “Métemma”
- German: “Metemma”
- Italian: “Metemma”
- Japanese: “メテマ”
- Japanese: “メテンマ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Metemma”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Metemma”
- Romanian: “Metemma”
- Russian: “Мэтэма”
- Swedish: “Metemma”
- Zulu: “Metemma”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Metemma Customs Office and Metemma Border Post (Ethiopia).
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