Ethiopia topographic maps
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Metu
Metu (Oromo: Mattuu) is a market town and separate woreda in south-western Ethiopia. Located in the Illubabor Zone of the Oromia along the Sor River, this town has a latitude and longitude of 8°18′N 35°35′E / 8.300°N 35.583°E / 8.300; 35.583 and an altitude of 1605 meters. Metu was the capital…
Average elevation: 1,682 m

Chiro
Chiro (also called Asebe Teferi or Asba Littoria; Afaan Oromo: Ciroo) is a town and Aanaa in eastern Ethiopia. Located in the West Hararghe Zone in Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia Ahmar Mountains, it has a latitude and longitude of 9°05′N 40°52′E / 9.083°N 40.867°E / 9.083; 40.867 and an…
Average elevation: 1,870 m

Simien Mountains National Park
The vegetation is mixed with African alpine forests, wilderness forests and alpine vegetation. High altitude areas include montane savannah and tree heath (Erica arborea), giant lobelia (Lobelia rhynchopetalum), yellow primrose (Primula verticillata), everlastings (Helichrysum spp.), A lady's mantle…
Average elevation: 2,337 m

Harena Forest
The Harenna Forest is a montane tropical evergreen forest in Ethiopia's Bale Mountains. The forest covers the southern slope of the mountains, extending from 1450 to 3200 meters elevation. The Bale Mountains are in Ethiopia's Oromia Region, and form the southwestern portion of the Ethiopian Highlands.
Average elevation: 2,028 m

Ogaden Desert
The Ogaden is a plateau, with an elevation above sea level that ranges from 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) in the northwest, falling to about 300 metres (980 ft) along the southern limits and the Wabi Shebelle valley. The areas with altitudes between 1,400 and 1,600 metres (4,600 and 5,200 ft) are characterised as…
Average elevation: 584 m

Metemma
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 12°58′N 36°12′E / 12.967°N 36.200°E / 12.967; 36.200 with an elevation of…
Average elevation: 738 m

Sire
Sire (also transliterated "Sirie") is a town in south-western Oromia. Located in the Arsi Zone of the Oromia, Ethiopia. This town has a latitude and longitude of 08°17′N 39°27′E / 8.283°N 39.450°E / 8.283; 39.450 with an altitude of 1793 meters above sea level. It is administrative center of…
Average elevation: 2,033 m

Asassa
Asasa is a town in southeastern Ethiopia. Located in the West Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 07°06′N 39°12′E / 7.100°N 39.200°E / 7.100; 39.200 with an elevation of 2367 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Gedeb Asasa woreda.
Average elevation: 2,382 m

Dessie
Dessie (Amharic: ደሴ, romanized: Däse; also spelled Dese or Dessye) is a town in north-central Ethiopia. Located in the South Wollo Zone of the Amhara Region, it sits at a latitude and longitude of 11°8′N 39°38′E / 11.133°N 39.633°E / 11.133; 39.633, with an elevation between 2,470 and…
Average elevation: 2,450 m

Alamata
Alamata (Tigrinya: ኣላማጣ ) is a town in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Located in the Debubawi (Southern) zone of Tigray it has a latitude and longitude of 12°25′N 39°33′E / 12.417°N 39.550°E / 12.417; 39.550 and an elevation of 1,520 metres (4,990 ft) above sea level and is located…
Average elevation: 1,574 m

Addis Ababa
Ethiopia > Addis Ababa > Arada
Moreover, the city held strong social organizations pattern prior Italian invasion. According to Richard Pankhurst (1968), the city accelerated population growth due to factors of provisional governors and their troops, the 1892 famine, eventually the Battle of Adwa. Another include the 1907 land act,…
Average elevation: 2,517 m

Adwa
Adwa (Tigrinya: ዓድዋ; Amharic: ዐድዋ; also spelled Adowa or Aduwa) is a town and separate woreda in Tigray Region, Ethiopia. It is best known as the community closest to the site of the 1896 Battle of Adwa, in which Ethiopian soldiers defeated Italian troops, thus being one of the few African nations…
Average elevation: 1,962 m

Agaro
Agaro (also spelled Haggaro) (Oromo: Aggaaroo) is a town and separate woreda in south-western Ethiopia. Located in the Jimma Zone of the Oromia Region, it sits at an elevation of 1,560 meters above sea level.
Average elevation: 1,677 m

Wolaita Sodo
Ethiopia > South Ethiopia Regional State
Sodo (Amharic: ሶዶ) or officially Wolaita Sodo (Amharic: ወላይታ ሶዶ, Wolaytta: Wolaytta Sooddo) is a city in south Ethiopia. The City is a political and administrative center of the Wolaita Zone and South Ethiopia Regional State. It has a latitude and longitude of 6°54′N 37°45′E /…
Average elevation: 1,873 m

Sokoru
The altitude of this woreda ranges from 1160 to 2940 meters above sea level; the highest points include Ali Shashema, Ali Derar and Kumbi. Perennial rivers include the Gilgel Gibe a tributary of the Gibe, and the Kawar; seasonal streams include the Melka Luku. A survey of the land in this woreda shows that…
Average elevation: 1,827 m

Mek'elē
Mekelle (Tigrinya: መቐለ), or Mekele, is a special zone and capital of the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Mekelle was formerly the capital of Enderta awraja in Tigray. It is located around 780 kilometres (480 mi) north of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, with an elevation of 2,254 metres (7,395 ft) above sea…
Average elevation: 2,090 m

Adama
Ethiopia > Oromia Region > Adama
Adama (Oromo: Adaamaa or Hadaamaa, Amharic: አዳማ), formerly Nazreth (Amharic: ናዝሬት), is a city in central Oromia Region, Ethiopia. Adama forms a Special Zone of Oromia and is surrounded by East Shewa Zone. It is located at 8°32′N 39°16′E / 8.54°N 39.27°E / 8.54; 39.27 at an…
Average elevation: 1,673 m

Lake Hawassa
Lake Hawassa or Awasa, is an endorheic basin in Sidama Region of Ethiopia, located in the Main Ethiopian Rift south of Addis Ababa, the capital city of the country. According to the Statistical Abstract of Ethiopia for 1967/68, the lake is 16 km long and 9 km wide, with a surface area of 129 square kilometers.…
Average elevation: 1,705 m

Waliso
Waliso (Oromo: Walisoo) is a town in Southwest Shewa Zone of the Oromia Region in Ethiopia, 114 km southwest of Addis Ababa, it has a latitude and longitude of 8°32′N 37°58′E / 8.533°N 37.967°E / 8.533; 37.967 with an elevation of 2063 meters above sea level. Waliso is the administrative center of this Zone.
Average elevation: 2,044 m

Debre Work
Debre Werq (Amharic: ደብረ ወርቅ) is a small town in western Ethiopia. Located in the East Gojjam of the Amhara Region, it has a latitude and longitude of 6°52′N 35°31′E / 6.867°N 35.517°E / 6.867; 35.517 with an elevation of 2489 meters above sea level. The settlement is known for its…
Average elevation: 2,556 m