Gondar, also spelled Gonder, is a city in the North Gondar Zone of the Amhara Region, Ethiopia, north of Lake Tana on the Lesser Angereb River. Serving as capital of the Ethiopian Empire from the seventeenth to the mid-nineteenth century, Gondar is known for its collection of medieval castles and fortified compounds, sometimes called the Camelot of Africa, that make its Royal Enclosure a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Gondar (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHistory section, founding
In 1636, Emperor Fasilides selected Gondar as his katama (royal camp).
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 12.6075,37.4592
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 2127.0
3. 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 12.75, 37.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 12.75, 37.25
12.75 37.25 Aw
4. GeoNames: Gonder - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 336014Quote, cities500 record 336014
12.6 37.46667 P PPL ET 46 466000 2201 Africa/Addis_Ababa
Wikidata: Gondar
Wikidata Q218861, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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