Dabat

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Dabat
Dabat is located in Ethiopia
Dabat
Dabat
Location within Ethiopia
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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