East Africa
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Amhara

Debre Berhan

Debre Birhan is a city in central . Located in the Semien Shewa Zone of , about 120 kilometers north east of on Ethiopian highway 2, the town has an elevation of 2,840 meters, which makes it the highest town in Africa.
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  • Type: City with 73,700 residents
  • Description: city in Ethiopia
  • Also known as: “Dabra Berham”, “Dabra-Berhān”, “Debra Berham”, “Debra Birhan”, “Debra Brehan”, “Debre Birhan”, and “Debreberehan”

Debre Berhan

Latitude
9.6752° or 9° 40′ 31″ north
Longitude
39.5325° or 39° 31′ 57″ east
Population
73,700
Elevation
2,830 metres (9,285 feet)
Open location code
6GXXMGGJ+3X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 298296167
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
339734
Wiki­data ID
Q1181637
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Debre Berhan” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ደብረ ብርሃን”
  • Amharic: “ደብረ ብርሐን”
  • Amharic: “ደብረብርሃን”
  • Arabic: “ديبري بيرهان”
  • Bengali: “ডেব্রি বেরহা”
  • Cebuano: “Debre Birhan”
  • Chinese: “德伯勒伯爾漢”
  • Chinese: “德保贝尔韩”
  • Croatian: “Debra Berhan”
  • Croatian: “Debre Berhan”
  • Danish: “Debre Berhan”
  • Dutch: “Debre Berhan”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ديبرى بيرهان”
  • Finnish: “Debre Berhan”
  • Finnish: “Debre Birhan”
  • French: “Debra-Berham”
  • French: “Debre Berhan”
  • French: “Debre Birhan”
  • German: “Debre Berhan”
  • German: “Debre Birhan”
  • Greek: “Ντέμπρε Μπέρχαν”
  • Gujarati: “ડેબ્રે બેરહાન”
  • Hindi: “देब्रे बेरहान”
  • Hungarian: “Debre Berhan”
  • Indonesian: “Debre Berhan”
  • Italian: “Debre Berhan”
  • Japanese: “デブレ・ヘルハン”
  • Japanese: “デブレ・ベルハン”
  • Kannada: “ಡೆಬ್ರೆ ಬರ್ಹನ್”
  • Korean: “데브레 베르한”
  • Latvian: “Debre Birhana”
  • Lithuanian: “Debre Birhanas”
  • Malay: “Debre Berhan”
  • Marathi: “डेब्रे बेरहान”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Debre Berhan”
  • Persian: “دبره برهان”
  • Polish: “Debre Byrhan”
  • Romanian: “Debre berhan”
  • Romanian: “Debre Berhan”
  • Russian: “Дебра Берхан”
  • Russian: “Дэбрэ-Бырхан”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Debre Berhan”
  • Sinhala: “දෙබ්රේ බර්හාන්”
  • Slovenian: “Debre Berhan”
  • Spanish: “Debre Berhan”
  • Swahili: “Debre Birhan”
  • Swedish: “Debre Birhan”
  • Tamil: “டெப்ரே பெர்ஹான்”
  • Telugu: “దెబ్రే బెర్హాన్”
  • Thai: “เดบริ บาฮาน”
  • Turkish: “Debre Berhan”
  • Ukrainian: “Дебре-Берхан”
  • Ukrainian: “Дебре-Бирхан”
  • Urdu: “دیبری بیرحان”
  • Vietnamese: “Debre Berhan”
  • Zulu: “Debre Berhan”

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