Begemder

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Begemder is a former historical province of northwestern Ethiopia that largely corresponds to areas now within the Amhara Region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Begemder canonical 3
Begemdir 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical province
administrativeChange incorporatedIntoAmharaRegion
administrativeDivisionOf Ethiopian Empire
borders Gojjam
Sudan
Tigray
linked to: Tigray region

Wollo
capital Gondar
containsHistoricalCity Gondar
containsReligiousSite Fasil Ghebbi
country Ethiopia
dissolutionReason modern regional reorganization of Ethiopia
economyHistorical agriculture
livestock herding
ethnicGroup Tigrayans
ethnicGroupMajority Amhara people
governedByTitle Dejazmach
Ras
hasClimate Ethiopian highland climate
hasMajorCity Debre Tabor
Gondar
historicalRegionOf Ethiopia
historicalRole important center of Ethiopian imperial administration
site of several Ethiopian royal capitals
knownFor Ethiopian Orthodox monasteries
castles of Gondar
languageUsed Amharic
Tigrinya
locatedIn northwestern Ethiopia
locatedInPresentDay Amhara Region
locatedOnContinent Africa
nameVariant Bagemder
Begemder Province
Begemdir
linked to: Begemder
near Lake Tana
partOf Ethiopian Empire
partOfHistoricalRegion Abyssinia
linked to: Ethiopia
religionMajority Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Christianity
status former province
terrain highland
mountainous
timePeriod 19th century
20th century
early modern Ethiopia
medieval Ethiopia

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ras Gugsa Welle powerBase Begemder
Begemder nameVariant Begemdir
linked to: Begemder
Debre Tabor historicalRegion Begemder