Dessie travel guide

Dessie (also spelled Dese or Dessye) is a city and a woreda in north-central Ethiopia. Located on the paved Addis Ababa - Asmara highway in the Debub Wollo Zone of the Amhara Region, this city has a latitude and longitude of One of the largest cities in Ethiopia, based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this city has an estimated total population of 169,104 of whom 86,167 were males and 82,937 were females. The woreda has an estimated area of 15.08 square kilometers, which gives Dessie a density of 11,213.79 people per square kilometer. According to the 1994 national census 97,314 people lived here.
Dessie is home to a museum, in the former home of Dejazmach Yoseph Biru. Dessie shares Combolcha Airport (ICAO code HADC, IATA DSE) with neighbouring Kombolcha. (...) more....