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Kuarit
Sign in to saveKuarit (also Quarit, Amharic: ቋሪት) is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mirab Gojjam Zone, Kuarit is bordered on the southwest by Jabi Tehnan, on the west by Sekela, on the north by Yilmana Densa, on the east by the Misraq Gojjam Zone, and on the southeast by Dega Damot. The major town in Kuarit is Gebeze Mariam. Goncha woreda was separated from Kuarit.
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Kuarit (also Quarit, Amharic: ቋሪት) is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mirab Gojjam Zone, Kuarit is bordered on the southwest by Jabi Tehnan, on the west by Sekela, on the north by Yilmana Densa, on the east by the Misraq Gojjam Zone, and on the southeast by Dega Damot. The major town in Kuarit is Gebeze Mariam. Goncha woreda was separated from Kuarit.
The highest point in this woreda and in the West Gojjam Zone is Mount Amedamit, a part of the Mount Choqa, with an elevation of . Mount Adama, from which the river Birr one of the tributaries of Blue Nile river starts its flow is one of the highest peaks in the woreda. It was at the foot of this mountain that the Battle of Amedamit was fought on 6 October 1620 between Ras Sela Kristos, half-brother of the Emperor Susenyos of Ethiopia, and a group of rebels who opposed Susenyos' Pro-Catholic beliefs. The rebels were crushed.
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