Debre Tabor travel guide

Debre Tabor (also called Samara) is a town and a woreda in north-central Ethiopia. Located in the Debub Gondar Zone of the Amhara Region of Ethiopia, about 100 kilometers southeast of Gondar and 50 kilometers east of Lake Tana, this historic town has a latitude and longitude of The town is named for the Biblical Mount Tabor ("Debre Tabor" in Amharic means "Mount Tabor"). The presence of at least 48 springs in the area contributed to the development of Debre Tabor.
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Debre Tabor has an estimated total population of 39,052 of whom 20,078 were males and 18,974 were females. The woreda has an estimated area of 5.85 square kilometers, which gives Debre Tabor a density of 6,675.60 people per square kilometer.
Debre Tabor is served by an airport (ICAO code HADT, IATA DBT). (...) more....