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 of Ethiopia.
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  • 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.

Village
Sero or is a village in Misraqawi Zone in near the border. is situated 9 km southwest of Debre Dammo.

Debre Dammo

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
Geo­Names ID
339728
Wiki­data ID
Q595895
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“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

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Debre Dammo”. Photo: A.Savin, FAL.