Ambassel
Ambassel is a woreda in Amhara Region, Ethiopia, and an amba, or mountain fortress, located in the woreda. The word Ambasel is derived from two words "Amba" from the Amharic word for plateau, and “Asel” from the Arabic language, which means honey.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: woreda in Amhara
- Also known as: “Abassel”, “Āmbasel”, “Ambasel Awraja”, and “Āmbasel Āwraja”
Ambassel
- Category: district of Ethiopia
- Location: Amhara, Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
11.5833° or 11° 35′ northLongitude
40° eastElevation
976 metres (3,202 feet)Open location code
7H32H2M2+82OpenStreetMap ID
node 1150888165OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Zulu—“Ambassel” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “አምባሰል”
- French: “Amba Sel (woreda)”
- French: “Amba Sel”
- Hebrew: “אמב ישראל”
- Hebrew: “אמב סאל”
- Hebrew: “אמבה סאל”
- Hebrew: “אמבסאל”
- Hebrew: “אמבסל”
- Zulu: “Ambassel”
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