Amhara Region

Amhara Region

Amhara (Amharic: አማራ?) is one of the nine ethnic divisions (kililoch) of Ethiopia, containing the homeland of the Amhara people. Previously known as Region 3, its capital is Bahir Dar.

Ethiopia's largest inland body of water, Lake Tana, which is the source of the Blue Nile river is located in Amhara, as well as the Semien Mountains National Park, which includes the highest point in Ethiopia, Ras Dashan.

Amhara is bordered by Tigray Region to the north Sudan to the west, the Afar Region to the east, and the Benishangul-Gumuz to the west and southwest, Oromo Region to the south.

During Ethiopia's imperial era, Amhara included several provinces (such as Dembiya, Gojjam, Begemder, Angot, Wollo, Shewa and Lasta), most of which were ruled by native Ras or Negus. The Amhara Region now incorporated most of the former provinces of Begemder, Dembiya, Angot, bete Amhara or Wollo, Gojjam, and Showa. when Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) took over Ethiopia most of The Amhara Region land especially in Gonder became part of Tigray Region.