Dessie is a town in the South Wollo Zone of Ethiopia's Amhara Region, about 400 kilometers north of the capital, Addis Ababa. It sits at an elevation between 2,470 and 2,550 meters and has a population of more than 200,000 spread across more than 30 wards.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude11.133333 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Dessie (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 187,900 (2015)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 11.133333, longitude 39.633333
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 2470 m
P2046 (area)
area 15.08 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 187900 (2015)
View the Source2. Dessie (Wikipedia)
- Wikipedia infobox 'Founded' = '1882' on 'Dessie'
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source3. GeoNames: Dessie - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 339219
11.13333 39.63333 P PPL ET 46 270400 2494 Africa/Addis_Ababa
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 2494 m
View the Source 4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 11.25, 39.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 11.25, 39.75
11.25 39.75 Cwb
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