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Gondar

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Gondar or Gonder , town (1994 pop. 112,249), capital of Amhara region, NW Ethiopia, at an altitude of c.7,300 ft (2,225 m). It is a regional trade center and a tourist destination. Once Ethiopia's largest city and a center of religion and art, Gondar served as the capital of Ethiopia from c.1635 to 1867. In the 19th cent. the city declined, and in 1887 it was sacked by Sudanese Mahdists (see Mahdi ). The city had a large concentration of Falashas (Ethiopian Jews), but most have emigrated to Israel. Gondar is noted for its architectural ruins. It has a university medical school. ... Read more

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ETHIOPIA Major City: Addis Ababa Other Cities: Asmara, Axum, Dire Dawa, Gondar, Harar, Jima, Mekele, Nazret EDITOR'S NOTE This chapter was adapted from the Department of State Post Report 2001 for Ethiopia... Read more

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Tana or Tsana , largest lake of Ethiopia, c.1,400 sq mi (3,630 sq km), S of Gondar. It is fed by more than 60 streams, one of which is regarded as the source of the Blue Nile. The islands in the lake are home to... Read more

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	The Second Zion - Medieval Capital of Gondar.(Ethiopia, history and churches)(Brief Article) ; ...entourage from Lake Tana to the village of Gondar, which became Ethiopia's capital for the next 250 years. Medieval Gondar became known as a city of castles and...1706), was regarded as the greatest Gondar ruler and built a large, ornately decorated... Read more
	RETURN TO GONDAR - PART II ; ...05-23-1996 Part II - Friday, May 3. We fly to Gondar, the central-northern region of Ethiopia...villages. Part II - Friday, May 3. We fly to Gondar, the central-northern region of Ethiopia...Solomon in May 1991. Few Jews remain in Gondar today, but the youngsters in our group... Read more
	Maru Asmare, 41 From Gondar, Ethiopia, to Jerusalem ; ...01-05-2007 Headline: Maru Asmare, 41 From Gondar, Ethiopia, to Jerusalem Byline: GETAHUN...FAMILY HISTORY Asmare, now 41, was born in Gondar, a region in the northern part of Ethiopia...which ended the rule of the emperor. In Gondar, the family observed the laws written... Read more
	No more Falash Mura from Addis; Gondar aliya to end in '08. Ethiopian activists split over whether government decision to reject large numbers is justified ; ...Headline: No more Falash Mura from Addis; Gondar aliya to end in '08. Ethiopian activists...application process for those from Ethiopia's Gondar province will be completed by the middle...region." The ministry also noted that in Gondar province, where many Falash Mura have... Read more
	Falash Mura bill ready for hearing. Gov't would be compelled to check aliya rights of 10,000 waiting in Gondar ; ...check aliya rights of 10,000 waiting in Gondar Byline: RUTH EGLASH Edition; Daily Section...remaining in the northern Ethiopian city of Gondar who fit government criteria for immigration...government wants to break down the camps [in Gondar] and send the people waiting there back... Read more
	Emergency panel slams NACOEJ, promises to help Quara, Gondar Jews ; ...bring Ethiopian Jews from the Quara and Gondar regions here who are eligible to immigrate...to provide humanitarian aid to those in Gondar and Quara eligible to immigrate, but to...d concentrate on those from Quara and Gondar. NACOEJ broke their promise and starting... Read more
	Eliezer Divash, about 35, from south Gondar to Jerusalem ; DANIEL BEN-TAL Jerusalem Post 01-14-2005 Headline: Eliezer Divash, about 35, from south Gondar to Jerusalem Byline: DANIEL BEN-TAL Edition; Up Front Section: Features Page: 47 Friday, January 14, 2005 -- Eliezer Divash was... Read more
	Stranded In Gondar ; ...Mura for life as Israeli Jews, but says his heart is still in Gondar, where his recently orphaned sisters and brothers wait for an...bind. "They left their villages and their livelihoods to go to Gondar or Addis, almost always at the urging of family members in Israel... Read more
	RETURN TO GONDAR - PART I ; ...destination: the mud-and-straw huts of their native villages in Gondar, 1,125 kilometers and a world away from Ethiopia's capital city...introspection, he admits he's a little nervous about visiting the Gondar village he left when he was three years old. "I have an aunt... Read more
	Second Falash Mura Aid Center Abruptly Shut ; Closure of troubled center in Gondar expected to leave Ethiopian aliyah applicants...other compound, in the northern city of Gondar, closed abruptly this week, The Jewish Week has learned. The closing of the Gondar compound by the operating organization... Read more

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