East Africa
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Amhara

Ankober

Ankober, formerly known as Ankobar, is a town in central . Located in the of the , it's perched on the eastern escarpment of the Ethiopian Highlands at an elevation of about 2,465 meters.
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Photo: Jeanot, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Jeanot, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Village with 2,490 residents
  • Description: former capital of Shewa; a town in Ethiopia
  • Also known as: “Ancobar”, “Ankobar”, “Gorebela”, and “Gourabela”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aliyu Amba.

Locality
is a town in central . Located in the Semien Shewa Zone of the , this town has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 1805 meters above sea level. is situated 10 km southeast of Ankober.

Ankober

Latitude
9.59116° or 9° 35′ 28″ north
Longitude
39.73382° or 39° 44′ 2″ east
Population
2,490
Elevation
2,948 metres (9,672 feet)
Open location code
6GXXHPRM+FG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1150909384
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
343814
Wiki­data ID
Q557397
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Ankober” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “አንኮበር”
  • Asturian: “Ankober”
  • Belarusian: “Анкабэр”
  • Chinese: “安科貝爾”
  • Dutch: “Ankober”
  • Esperanto: “Ankober”
  • Finnish: “Ankober”
  • French: “Ankober”
  • German: “Ankober”
  • Hebrew: “אנקובר”
  • Italian: “Ancober”
  • Italian: “Ankober”
  • N'Ko: “ߊ߲ߞߏߓߍߙ”
  • Polish: “Ankober”
  • Romanian: “Ankober”
  • Russian: “Анкобер”
  • Russian: “Анкобэр”
  • Slovenian: “Ankober”
  • Spanish: “Ankober”
  • Swedish: “Ankober”
  • Zulu: “Ankober”

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Highlights include Ankober marketplace and Menelik II’s Palace.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Ankober”. Photo: Jeanot, CC BY-SA 4.0.