Metemma
Sign in to saveMetemma (Amharic: መተማ), also known as Metemma Yohannes, is a town in northwestern Ethiopia, on the border with Sudan. Located in the Semien Gondar Zone of the Amhara Region, Metemma has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 685 meters above sea level. Across the border is the corresponding Sudanese village of Gallabat.
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- Locality
- القلابات
- Region
- القضارف
- Country
- السودان
- Population
- 25,600
- Timezone
- Africa/Addis_Ababa
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Metemma
- Settlement.native_name
- መተማ
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ethiopia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Ethiopia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Amhara Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Zone
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- North Gondar Zone
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 685
- Settlement.population_total
- 5581
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2005 est.
- Settlement.timezone
- EAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +3
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- border city
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Located in
- Semien Gondar Zone
- Elevation
- 685
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Origins
- 20th century
- 21st century
- Demographics
- Notes
Metemma (Amharic: መተማ), also known as Metemma Yohannes, is a town in northwestern Ethiopia, on the border with Sudan. Located in the Semien Gondar Zone of the Amhara Region, Metemma has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 685 meters above sea level. Across the border is the corresponding Sudanese village of Gallabat.
Metemma hosts an airport (ICAO code HAMM, IATA ETE).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Metemma” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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