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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dembecha > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dembecha.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dembecha > Source revision: 1193073536 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Town in Amhara Region, Ethiopia}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Dembecha |other_name = |native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type = Town |motto = |image_skyline = |imagesize = 300px |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |city_logo = |citylogo_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = Ethiopia |pushpin_label_position = right |pushpin_map_caption = Location within Ethiopia |pushpin_mapsize = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [Ethiopia](/source/Ethiopia) |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = [Amhara](/source/Amhara_Region) |subdivision_type2 = Zone |subdivision_name2 = [West Gojjam](/source/West_Gojjam_Zone) |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = |established_date = |established_title2 = |established_date2 = |established_title3 = |established_date3 = |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |population_as_of = 2005 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 15,008 |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title = |population_blank1 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = |timezone = [EAT](/source/East_Africa_Time) |utc_offset = +3 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coords|10|3|N|37|29|E}} |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = 2083 |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Dembecha''' is a town in northwestern [Ethiopia](/source/Ethiopia) 349 km north of [Addis Ababa](/source/Addis_Ababa). Located in the [Mirab Gojjam Zone](/source/Mirab_Gojjam_Zone) of the [Amhara Region](/source/Amhara_Region), this town has a latitude and longitude of {{coord|10|33|N|37|29|E|display=inline,title}} with an elevation of 2083 meters above sea level. It is one of three towns in [Dembecha](/source/Dembecha_(woreda)) [woreda](/source/woreda). Located near Dembecha are hot springs, which were well known and popular throughout [Gojjam](/source/Gojjam).Richard Pankhurst, ''An Introduction to the Medical History of Ethiopia'' (Trenton: Red Sea, 1990), p. 121 Other landmarks include a venerable monastery. == History == Dembecha is mentioned as one of the places which the Emperor [Yohannes](/source/Yohannes_I) passed through between 8 May and 18 July 1683 on his journey from [Yebaba](/source/Yebaba) to [Gondar](/source/Gondar).G.W.B. Huntingford, ''Historical Geography of Ethiopia from the first century AD to 1704'' (London: British Academy, 1989), p. 202 Dembecha was included as one of the stages of the Gondar-[Boso](/source/Boso_(Gojjam)) trade route of the 1840s, according to a list compiled by [Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie](/source/Antoine_Thomson_d'Abbadie) in his ''Geodesie d'Ethiopie''.Huntingford, ''Historical Geography'', p. 255 The British traveller [C.T. Beke](/source/Charles_Tilstone_Beke) stayed several times in this town during 1842, beginning with several days during February 1842 while he waited for ''[Dejazmach](/source/Dejazmach)'' [Goshu Zewde](/source/Goshu_Zewde) to complete his homage to ''[Ras](/source/Ras_(title))'' [Ali](/source/Ali_II_of_Yejju) and return. Beke described the town at the time as a "large town" located "on the slope of another ridge of the mountains coming from the N.E."Beke, [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1798047 "Abyssinia. Being a Continuation of Routes in That Country", ''Journal of the Royal Geographical Society''], 14 (1844), p. 4 He also notes its importance due to its location on one of the principal caravan routes through [Gojjam](/source/Gojjam).Beke, "Abyssinia", p. 28 As part of the [East African Campaign](/source/East_African_Campaign_(World_War_II)) of [World War II](/source/World_War_II), [Gideon Force](/source/Gideon_Force) encountered a vastly superior Italian force under Colonel Natale near the fort at Dembecha on 5 March 1942. Although defeated in the battle, the British force inflicted such heavy casualties that three days later the Italian garrison was forced to withdraw to [Debre Marqos](/source/Debre_Marqos). Seizing this fort allowed the British to isolate Debre Marqos from the rest of the Italian forces.Anthony Mockler, ''Haile Selassie's War: The Italian-Ethiopian Campaign, 1935-1941'' (New York: Olive Branch, 2003), pp. 347f == Demographics == Based on figures from the [Central Statistical Agency](/source/Central_Statistical_Agency_(Ethiopia)) in 2005, Dembecha has an estimated total population of 15,008, of whom 7,384 are men and 7,624 are women.[http://www.csa.gov.et/index.php?option=com_rubberdoc&view=doc&id=141&format=raw&Itemid=463 CSA 2005 National Statistics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113202209/http://www.csa.gov.et/index.php?option=com_rubberdoc&view=doc&id=141&format=raw&Itemid=463 |date=2010-11-13 }}, Table B.4 The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 8,663 of whom 3,885 were men and 4,775 were women. == Notes == {{reflist|2}} Category:Populated places in the Amhara Region see more: --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Dembecha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dembecha) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dembecha?action=history)). 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