Bishoftu

Bishoftu, also known as Debre Zeyit, is a resort town of 171,000 people in , about 50 km from the capital .
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  • Type: Town with 207,000 residents
  • Description: town in Ethiopia
  • Also known as: “Ada”, “دبري زيت”, “ビシュフトゥ”, “ビショフツ”, and “ビショフトゥ”
  • Historically known as: “Debra Zeit”, “Debre Zeit”, “Debre Zeyit”, and “Debre Zeyt”

Bishoftu

Latitude
8.75° or 8° 45′ north
Longitude
38.9817° or 38° 58′ 54″ east
Population
207,000
Elevation
1,978 metres (6,490 feet)
Open location code
6GWWQX2J+2M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 291079798
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­yes
Geo­Names ID
339666
Wiki­data ID
Q740499
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Bishoftu” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ደብረ ዘይት”
  • Arabic: “بيشوفتو”
  • Asturian: “Bishoftu”
  • Bulgarian: “Бишофту”
  • Catalan: “Bishoftu”
  • Cebuano: “Bishoftu”
  • Chinese: “德布雷塞特”
  • Croatian: “Debre Zejit”
  • Czech: “Bishoftu”
  • Dutch: “Debre Zeit”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيشوفتو”
  • Esperanto: “Debre Zejit”
  • Finnish: “Bishoftu”
  • Finnish: “Debre Zeit”
  • French: “Bishoftu”
  • German: “Bishoftu”
  • Hebrew: “דברה זית”
  • Hungarian: “Debre Zeyit”
  • Indonesian: “Bishoftu”
  • Italian: “Biscioftù”
  • Japanese: “デブレ・ゼイト”
  • Lithuanian: “Debre Zeitas”
  • Lithuanian: “Debre Zejitas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bishoftu”
  • Norwegian: “Bishoftu”
  • Oromo: “Bishooftuu”
  • Persian: “بیشوفتو”
  • Polish: “Debre Zeit”
  • Romanian: “Debre Zeyit”
  • Russian: “Бишофту”
  • Russian: “Дэбрэ-Зэйт”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Debre Zejit”
  • Spanish: “Bishoftu”
  • Swahili: “Bishoftu”
  • Swedish: “Debre Zeyt”
  • Ukrainian: “Дебре-Зейт”
  • Urdu: “بشوفتو”
  • Vietnamese: “Bishoftu”
  • Zulu: “Bishoftu”

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