Debre Dammo
Debre Dammo, Däbrä Dammo in Tigrinya or Däbrä Damo in later Amharic appellations, is the name of a flat-topped mountain, or amba, and a 6th-century monastery in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia.
- Type: Monastery
- Description: flat-topped mountain, or amba, and a 6th-century monastery in northern Ethiopia
- Also known as: “Dabradāmo”, “Debra Dama”, “Debre Damo”, and “Debre Damo Debir”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Siero.
Siero
Village
Sero or Siero is a village in Misraqawi Zone in Ethiopia near the Eritrean border. Siero is situated 9 km southwest of Debre Dammo.
Debre Dammo
- Categories: Amba and religion
- Location: Tigray, Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
14.3725° or 14° 22′ 21″ north
Longitude
39.29028° or 39° 17′ 25″ east
Elevation
2,258 metres (7,408 feet)
Open location code
7G6X97FR+24
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Urdu—“Debre Dammo” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Debre Damo”
- Amharic: “ደብረ ዳሞ”
- Arabic: “دبرا دامو”
- Croatian: “Debre Damo”
- Dutch: “Debre Damo”
- Finnish: “Debre Damo”
- French: “Monastère de Debre Damo”
- German: “Debre Damo”
- German: “Kloster Debre Damo”
- Italian: “Debre Damo”
- Romanian: “Mânăstirea Debre Damo”
- Russian: “Дэбрэ-Дамо”
- Serbian: “Дебре Дамо”
- Spanish: “Debre Damo”
- Ukrainian: “Дебре-Дамо”
- Urdu: “دیبرے دامو”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Mezabir and Ādī Gorada’itī.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Kinin Yohanis Bēte Kristīyan and May Gebeta.
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