Dabat

Dabat
Dabat

Location within Ethiopia

Coordinates: 12°59′03″N 37°45′54″E / 12.98417°N 37.76500°E / 12.98417; 37.76500
Country  Ethiopia
Region Amhara
Zone Semien Gondar Zone
Elevation 2,596 m (8,517 ft)
Population (2007)
 • Total 52,574
Time zone EAT (UTC+3)

Dabat is a town in northern Ethiopia. Located on the Semien Mountains along the Gondar-Debarq highway[1] it is in the Semien Gondar Zone of the Amhara Region. Dabat is one of two towns in Dabat woreda.

There is a state run health centre in Dabat.[2]

Demographics

According to the 2007 national census, this town has a total population of 12,574 of whom 5,662 are men and 6,912 are women.[3] The 1994 census reported Dabat had a total population of 8,782 of whom 3,737 were men and 5,045 were women.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Ethiopian Roads Authority, Gondar-Debark Road Project: Review of Environmental Impact Assessment, February 2007, p. 32
  2. ↑ Staff (11 May 2004) "UNICEF Funds Medical University Training for Treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition" United Nations Children’s Fund, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; accessed 12 September 2010
  3. ↑ Census 2007 Tables, Table 2.2 Population of Towns by Sex: 2007. Central Statistical Agency website
  4. ↑ 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Amhara Region, Vol. 1, part 1, Table 2.1, accessed 12 September 2010
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