Debre Birhan
Debre Birhan
ደብረ ብርሃን | |
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City | |
A street in Debre Berhan | |
| Coordinates: 9°41′N 39°32′E / 9.683°N 39.533°E | |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Region | Amhara |
| Zone | North Shewa |
| Founded | 7 March 1456 |
| Founded by | Zara Yaqob |
| Area | |
• Total | 14.71 km2 (5.68 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,840 m (9,320 ft) |
| Population (2007) | |
• Total | 65,231 |
• Estimate (2021) | 139,724 |
| • Density | 4,400/km2 (11,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
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Debre Birhan (Amharic: ደብረ ብርሃን) is a city in central Ethiopia. Located in the Semien Shewa Zone of Amhara Region, about 120 kilometers north east of Addis Ababa on Ethiopian highway 2, the town has an elevation of 2,840 meters, which makes it the highest town in Africa. It was an early capital of Ethiopia and afterwards, with Ankober and Angolalla, was one of the capitals of the kingdom of Shewa. Today, it is the administrative center of the North Shewa Zone of the Amhara Region.