Bishoftu
Bishoftu, also known as Debre Zeyit, is a resort town of 171,000 people in Central Ethiopia, about 50 km from the capital Addis Ababa.
- Town with about 207,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,920 metres (6,300 feet)
- Description: town in Ethiopia
- Historically known as“Debra Zeit”“Debre Zeit”“Debre Zeyit”“Debre Zeyt”
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Latitude
8.75° or 8° 45′ north
Longitude
38.9817° or 38° 58′ 54″ east
Open location code
6GWWQX2J+2M
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism = yes
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Zulu—“Bishoftu” goes by many names.
ደብረ ዘይትAmharic
بيشوفتوArabic
دبري زيتArabic
BishoftuAsturian
БишофтуBulgarian
BishoftuCatalan
BishoftuCebuano
德布雷塞特Chinese
Debre ZejitCroatian
BishoftuCzech
Debre ZeitDutch
بيشوفتوEgyptian Arabic
Debre ZejitEsperanto
BishoftuFinnish
Debre ZeitFinnish
דברה זיתHebrew
Debre ZeyitHungarian
BishoftuIndonesian
AdaItalian
BiscioftùItalian
BishoftuItalian
デブレ・ゼイトJapanese
ビシュフトゥJapanese
ビショフツJapanese
ビショフトゥJapanese
Debre ZeitasLithuanian
Debre ZejitasLithuanian
BishoftuNorwegian
BishoftuNorwegian Bokmål
BishooftuuOromo
بیشوفتوPersian
Debre ZeitPolish
Debre ZeyitRomanian
БишофтуRussian
Дэбрэ-ЗэйтRussian
Debre ZejitSerbo-Croatian
BishoftuSwahili
BishoftuSwedish
Debre ZeitSwedish
Debre ZeytSwedish
Дебре-ЗейтUkrainian
بشوفتوUrdu
BishoftuVietnamese
BishoftuZulu
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