Bahir Dar
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Bahir Dar

Administration
Full nameBahir Dar
Official nameBahir Dar
CountryEthiopia
RegionAmhara
ZoneBahir Dar
Geography
Elevation6036.7 ft (1840 m)
Demography
Total Population199210 (2008)
Other information
Time zoneEAT (UTC+3)

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Bahir Dar (Amharic: ባሕር ዳር "sea shore") is a city in north western Ethiopia, and the capital of the Amhara Region (kilil).
Administratively, Bahir Dar is considered a Special Zone, placing it midway between Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa which are organized as chartered cities (astedader akabibi, equivalent to a kilil), and cities like Debre Marqos and Dessie, which are organized as woredas.
Bahir Dar is one of the leading tourist destinations in Ethiopia with a variety of attractions in the nearby Lake Tana and Blue Nile river. The city is distinctly known for its wide avenues lined with palm trees and a variety of colorful flowers. It is also considered as one of the most beautiful, well planned, and safest cities by many standards, and in 2002 it was awarded UNESCO Cities for Peace Prize for managing to address the challenges of rapid urbanization.

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Over 2.2 mln people protected from malaria in Amhara State - Walta Information Center Tweet this news
Walta Information Center---Bahir Dar-, June 25 (WIC) - The Amhara State Health Bureau said more than 2.2 million people have been protected from malaria following the efforts made ... - Date : Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:39:40 GMT+00:00
Child Sponsorship Report 2009, from Awassa, Ethiopia - SOS Children Tweet this news
SOS Children--A total of twenty trainees from Harrar, Makale, -Bahirdar- and our trainee mothers as well stayed in our village for about twenty days and practically saw how ... - Date : Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:44:27 GMT+00:00
Ethiopia: Over 4840 safe water facilities go operational - ReliefWeb (press release) Tweet this news
ReliefWeb (press release)---Bahir Dar-, June 23, 2010 (-Bahir Dar-) - More than 4840 safe water facilities constructed in Amhara State at a cost of over 189 million Birr during the past ... - Date : Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:22:59 GMT+00:00
Ethiopia to mark Int'l Day of Cooperatives - Walta Information Center Tweet this news
Walta Information Center--Addis Ababa, June 24 (WIC) - The Federal Cooperative Agency said this year's International Day of Cooperatives will be observed in -Bahir Dar- town on 3, ... - Date : Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:44:41 GMT+00:00
Investors with over 76 bln birr capital implementing 5400 projects - Walta Information Center Tweet this news
Walta Information Center---Bahir Dar-, June 22 (WIC) - The Amhara State Trade and Industry Bureau said investors with over 76 billion birr combined capital are implementing 5400 ... - Date : Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:38:54 GMT+00:00
Peace and Democracy Music Festival to Be Held - NewsDire Tweet this news
NewsDire---...- their cultural dances and performances at the Meskel Square, in Addis Ababa for two days and in regional towns, -Bahir Dar-, Awassa and Mekele afterwards. ... - Date : Sun, 20 Jun 2010 08:47:15 GMT+00:00
EU Election Observation Chief on Eve of Election - Addis Fortune Tweet this news
Addis Fortune--This morning, when I was in -Bahir Dar-, I saw the Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) and Medrek having meetings of their own within ... - Date : Sun, 23 May 2010 15:20:07 GMT+00:00
Ethiopia: Region to cover over 4 mln. ha. land with seeds - ReliefWeb (press release) Tweet this news
ReliefWeb (press release)---Bahir Dar-, June 13, 2010 (-Bahir Dar-) - Activities are underway to cover over four million hectares land with seeds in Amhara State in 2002/2003 EC harvest ... - Date : Mon, 14 Jun 2010 02:06:32 GMT+00:00
The other side of college - NewsDire Tweet this news
NewsDire--“I was stunned when I saw how college students were behaving in -Bahir Dar- three years ago." Explaining what motivated him to make the film he says, ... - Date : Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:06:19 GMT+00:00
Thousands gather in Ethiopian capital for World Cup opening ceremony - TsehaiNY.com Tweet this news
TsehaiNY.com--Accordingly, residents of the towns of Mekelle, Nazareth, -Bahirdar- and Hawassa will be able to watch the matches on big screens in the respected towns of ... - Date : Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:12:24 GMT+00:00



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