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Amhara

Northern Ethiopia is the historic heartland of . Administratively, it consists of most of Amhara, all of Tigray, and the northern part of Afar.
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  • Type: State with 19,100,000 residents
  • Description: regional state of Ethiopia
  • Also known as: “Āmara”, “Amhara Region”, and “The State of Amhara”

Amhara

Latitude
11.5° or 11° 30′ north
Longitude
38.5° or 38° 30′ east
Population
19,100,000
Elevation
1,648 metres (5,407 feet)
Open location code
7G3WGG22+22
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2208297835
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
444180
Wiki­data ID
Q203009
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Amhara” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “Āmara Kilil”
  • Amharic: “አማራ ክልል”
  • Amharic: “አማራ”
  • Arabic: “امهرة”
  • Arabic: “ولاية أمهرة”
  • Armenian: “Ամհարա”
  • Asturian: “Rexón d’Amhara”
  • Basque: “Amhara eskualdea”
  • Bengali: “আমহারা অঞ্চল”
  • Breton: “Amhara”
  • Bulgarian: “Амхара”
  • Catalan: “Regió Amhara”
  • Cebuano: “Amhara Region”
  • Chinese: “岩哈拉州”
  • Chinese: “阿姆哈拉州”
  • Croatian: “Amhara”
  • Czech: “Amharsko”
  • Danish: “Amhara”
  • Dutch: “Amhara”
  • Esperanto: “Amhara Regiono”
  • Esperanto: “Amhario”
  • Esperanto: “Regiono Amhario”
  • Estonian: “Amhara osariik”
  • Finnish: “Amhara”
  • French: “Amara”
  • French: “Amhara”
  • French: “Région Amhara”
  • Galician: “Amhara”
  • Galician: “Rexión de Amhara”
  • Georgian: “ამჰარის რეგიონი”
  • German: “Amhara”
  • German: “ET-AM”
  • Greek: “Αμχάρα”
  • Gujarati: “અમહારા પ્રદેશ”
  • Hebrew: “אמהרה”
  • Hindi: “अम्हारा प्रदेश”
  • Hungarian: “Amhara Régió”
  • Hungarian: “Amhara”
  • Indonesian: “Region Amhara”
  • Italian: “Amhara”
  • Italian: “regione degli Amara”
  • Italian: “Regione degli Amara”
  • Italian: “Regione degli Amhara”
  • Italian: “Regione di Amara”
  • Italian: “Regione di Amhara”
  • Japanese: “アムハラ州”
  • Kannada: “ಅಂಹಾರಾ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Korean: “암하라주”
  • Latvian: “Amharas kiliks”
  • Lithuanian: “Amharų regionas”
  • Lithuanian: “Amherų regionas”
  • Malay: “Amhara Region”
  • Marathi: “अमहारा विभाग”
  • Northern Frisian: “Amhaara (Regiuun)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Amhaara”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Amhara”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Amhararegionen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Amhara”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Amhararegionen”
  • Norwegian: “Amhara”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Estat regional Amhara”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Region Amhara”
  • Oromo: “Naannoo Amaaraa”
  • Persian: “منطقه امهارا”
  • Persian: “ناحیه امهارا”
  • Polish: “Amhara”
  • Portuguese: “Amara”
  • Portuguese: “Amária”
  • Portuguese: “Amhara”
  • Portuguese: “Província de Amhara”
  • Romanian: “Amara”
  • Romanian: “Amhara”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Amhara”
  • Romanian: “Statul Amhara”
  • Russian: “Амхара”
  • Serbian: “Region Amhara”
  • Serbian: “Амхара”
  • Serbian: “Регион Амхара”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Amhara”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Regija Amhara”
  • Sinhala: “අම්හරා කලාපය”
  • Slovenian: “Amhara”
  • Slovenian: “ET-AM”
  • Slovenian: “regija Amhara”
  • Spanish: “Amhara”
  • Spanish: “Region Amara”
  • Spanish: “Región Amara”
  • Spanish: “Region de Amhara”
  • Spanish: “Región de Amhara”
  • Swahili: “Jimbo la Amhara”
  • Swedish: “Amara”
  • Swedish: “Amhara”
  • Swedish: “Amhararegionen”
  • Tamil: “அம்மாரப் பகுதி”
  • Tamil: “அம்மாரா பிரதேசம்”
  • Tatar: “Амхара төбәге”
  • Tatar: “Амхара”
  • Telugu: “అమ్హారా ప్రాంతం”
  • Thai: “เขตอัมฮารา”
  • Turkish: “Amhara Bölgesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Амхара”
  • Urdu: “امہارا ریجن”
  • Urdu: “امہارا علاقہ”
  • Venetian: “Rejon de i Àmara”
  • Vietnamese: “Amhara (vùng)”
  • Vietnamese: “Amhara”
  • Western Armenian: “Ամհարա”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ امہارا”
  • Wolaytta: “Amaaraa Dalgga Manttiya”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿姆哈拉州”
  • Yue Chinese: “岩哈拉州”
  • Zulu: “Amhara Region”

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