Debre Birhan travel guide

Debre Berhan (also spelled Debre Birhan) is a city and woreda in central Ethiopia. Located in the Semien Shewa Zone of the Amhara Region, about 120 kilometers north east of Addis Ababa on the paved highway to Dessie, the town has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation of 2840 meters. It was an early capital of Ethiopia and afterwards, with Ankober and Angolalla, was one of the capitals of the kingdom of Shewa.
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Debre Berhan has an estimated total population of 67,243, of whom 34,055 were males and 33,185 were females. The woreda has an estimated area of 14.71 square kilometers, which gives Debre Berhan a density of 4,571.20 people per square kilometer. According to the 1994 national census, this town had a population of 38,717 people. (...) more....