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Topic: Gorgora


In the News (Sun 3 Jun 12)

  
  ejhdv15-n2-p117
Among school attenders the intensity of infection (mean egg count) was fond to be 177 eggs per gram (epg), 139 epg, and 135 epg in Zarima, Gorgora and Dek respectively.
Among non - attenders the intensity of infection was 166 epg, 100 epg, and 121 epg in Zarima, Gorgora, and Dek respectively.
Gorgora is a small roadside town on the seashore of Lake Tana (altitude 1800m), 65 km south of Gondar town.
www.cih.uib.no /journals/EJHD/ejhdv15-n2/ejhdv15-n2-p117.htm   (2764 words)

  
 ABYSSINIA - LoveToKnow Article on ABYSSINIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
As his power was increasing, to the detriment of both Ras 'Since Theodore's time Protestant missionary work, except by natives, has been stopped.
Ali and Ubie, these two princes combined against him, but were heavily defeated by him at Gorgora (on the southern shore of Lake Tsana) in 1853.
Ubie retreated to Tigre, and Ras Ali fled to Begemeder, where he eventually died.
28.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AB/ABYSSINIA.htm   (1344 words)

  
 Gondarlink | Traveller's Guide | Lake Tana   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The main tourist centre for the Tana area is Bahar Dar, which lies on the southern shore.
Gorgora dates to this period, as do many of the island monasteries that dot Lake Tana.
In Gorgora the government-owned Gorgora Hotel, which lies on the shore of the lake, has spacious and attractive rooms with private showers and toilets.
www.gondarlink.org.uk /travellers_guide/historic_route/lake_tana.shtml   (796 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Jamshedpur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
We have also dug trenches in sensitive areas to keep the elephants from entering the villages,” they said.
However, the JMM leaders asked for a written undertaking that the foresters would hold camps at Baliguma, Gokulnagar and Gorgora — the three sensitive villages which are prone to elephants attacks.
They said camps would be held in the three areas from 7 pm to 5 am.
www.telegraphindia.com /1040720/asp/jamshedpur/story_3517006.asp   (338 words)

  
 THE CONNECTION BETWEEN MENELIK I AND THE ARK OF THE COVENANT
Because a ruined Synagogue was found in an Island created by the Nile called Amphil, in Upper Egypt, he believes that the Rabbis took it there where it stayed for about two hundred years.
Again, there is a ruined Synagogue in a peninsula in northwest of Lake Tana near the town of Gorgora, in Ethiopia, he believes that the Rabbis brought it there where it lived for about 400 years.
Graham Hancock also believes that if the Ark is not in Axum, it might have been taken by the Persians because around the time it was lost, there was war between Persia and Israel when the Israelis lost the day.
news.asmarino.com /Comments/November2004/OgieHaile_1.asp   (1338 words)

  
 Summary of Citation
Is sandstone tongue (member) in upper part of Fayette formation in Starr and southern Zapata Cos, TX (Gulf Coast basin).
"The Gorgora shales are overlain in Starr County by approximately 100 feet of marine sandstone beds.
This is a marine sandstone formation containing CORBULA, VENERICARDIA, gastropods and other shells as well as the marine sandstone indicator HALYMENITES." Overlies Gorgora shale member (new) of the Fayette; underlies the Agua Verde shale member (new) of the Fayette.
ngmdb.usgs.gov /Geolex/Refsmry/sumry_10467.html   (142 words)

  
 dESPair THC 006
He had not much time to explain his situation, bu asked me to contact Immam Amal as Bhakir in Gorgora.
Because Gorgora lies just on the other side of Lake Tana, I felt responsible to at least verify the story with Amal as Bhakir.
In Gorgora, I met Immam Amal and he was very happy to hear news from Abdul.
www.despair.ch /pubhangar/thc006.html   (1486 words)

  
 The Cities of Ethiopia
Taking in the sites of Gondar should be done over at least a couple of days, if not a couple of visits.The central castles constitute the core to be visited, followed by the nearby Fasiladas Bath, then by the churches of Debre Berhane Selassie and Kuskuam.
Gondar was an insignificant place beforehand, Fasiladas probably chose it as his capital to get away from his father’s capital of Gorgora.
They set about converting people to their way of thinking, and by the early 1600’s they had converted the Emperor Susneyos and built a cathedral near his capital of Gorgora.
www.addistribune.com /Archives/2001/09/28-09-01/Cities.htm   (1506 words)

  
 DESCRIPTION OF THE INSTITUTE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
This health centre is located in Dembia District around 40 kilometres west of Gondar town on the road to Gorgora (a beautiful town located at the North-western shore of the source of the Blue Nile River - Lake Tana).
The former Gorgora Health Centre now a Health Station is also used as a training centre for some categories of students.
Under the Kolla Diba training centre the Chwahit clinic is used for outreach clinical and public health practices.
www.telecom.net.et /~gcms/description.htm   (508 words)

  
 History of Ethiopian Urbanization
Addis Ababa, merely a century old, is only the last in a long succession of capital cities dating back to the first century B.C. The capital has shifted every few centuries over the past two-thousand years along with the nomadic people of the Amharic and Somali plateaus.
The Pre-Christian city of Axum was followed as capital by Lalibela, Gorgora, Gondar and Mekele, all of which are located in northern Ethiopia (see map of Ethiopia)(Tarver 184).
The primary reason for the continuing relocation of capitals was exhaustion of wood resources for fuel and construction.
www.macalester.edu /courses/geog61/kshively/development.html   (1236 words)

  
 MANCOMUNIDAD DE LA CEPEDA
Called the “Gorgora’s secret route” or “ Maragato’s miner’s path” because it was the way the miners used to go to their work.
On top of the hill there is an open truck placed in memory and honor of the ones who died in this place.
Two rivers flow in the gorge, the Uriale flowing through the Vidriales valley where the “Raja del Infierno” is (a crack which goes right into the centre of the ground), and the Esteno across the river Estrecho, where you find the “Vulva del Gorgora”.
www.mcolacepeda.com /ing_gorgora.html   (198 words)

  
 Ethiopian History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Famous though Gondar may be, however, no one knows exactly why Fasilidas chose to establish his headquarters there.
Some legends say an archangel prophesied that an Ethiopian capital would be built at a place with a name that began with the letter G. The legend led to a whole series of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century towns - Guzara, Gorgora and finally Gondar.
Another legend claims that the city was built in a place chosen by God.
ethiopiafirst.com /Tour/Gondar_Hist1.html   (250 words)

  
 The Fest Ethiopia Travel & Tour Plc
Yekuno Amlak, who re­stored the Solomonic dynasty to the throne in 1270; Dawit, late fourteenth century; Zara Yaqob, fifteenth century; Za Dengel, early seventeenth century; and Fasilidas, also seventeenth century.
Also of interest is the sixteenth-century Susneyos Palace near Gorgora, which served as a ‘blueprint’ for the famous Gondar palaces.
It was built for Emperor Susneyos, founder of the Gondar dynas­ties, by Catholic missionaries.
www.festethiopia.com /tana.htm   (1077 words)

  
 Articles - Sissinios of Ethiopia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
He was interested in Catholicism, in part due to Pedro Páez' ability, but also due to the benefits of military help from Portugal.
He showed the Jesuit missionaries his favor by a number of land grants, most importantly one at Gorgora, located on a peninsula on the northern shore of Lake Tana.
In 1613, Sissinios sent a mission led by Fr.
www.x-moto.net /articles/Sissinios_of_Ethiopia   (636 words)

  
 Ethipia 1999-2000
Variable Sunbird (Nectarinia venustus albiventris) - widespread, but common in the grounds of the Gorgora Hotel, Lake Tana (the name of "Yellow-bellied Sunbird" inappropriate to this race, as it is white-bellied).
Violet-backed Starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster leucogaster) - in the grounds of the Gorgora hotel, Lake Tana.
Bronze Mannikin (Lonchura cucullata scutatus) - flocks at the Gorgora hotel, Lake Tana and at Wondo Genet.
www.camacdonald.com /birding/tripreports/Ethiopia9900List.html   (10374 words)

  
 Mosvold Ethiopia AS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Drive to Gorgora, church of Debre Sina Mariam.
Day 10: Tour of Gondar, the Imperial Compound and the churches of Debre Berhan Selassie and Qusquam.
Day 12: Drive to Gorgora, the medieval church of Debre Sina Mariam, trek to old Gorgora.
www.mosvold-ethiopia.com /ts1.htm   (399 words)

  
 The 2015 Issue
We proudly present to you a new SELEDA feature… a cerebral exercise with those intellectual giants who humble us into oblivion with each tap on their keyboards.
Millions of Ethiopians are watching the much anticipated, televised launching of "Dinqnesh 12" into space from Cape Gorgora on the banks of Lake Tana.
A Priest at Cape Gorgora: Hod tempts, indeed compels, otherwise pious people to break the Ten Commandments with guile.
www.seleda.com /july03/beam.shtml   (1953 words)

  
 EthioTrade - Merkato   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Tour the the Imperial compound and churches of Debre-Berhan Selassie and the Qussquam.
Drive through Gorgora, Church of Debre Sina Mariam.
Drive to Bahr-dar the home of Lake Tana and Blue Nile Falls.
www.ethiotrade.com /traveltours.html   (352 words)

  
 Historic Route
Day 10 Tour of Gondar, the Imperial Compound and the churches
Day 11 Drive to Gorgora, the medieval church of Debre Sina Mariam,
Visit to former Felasha or Beit Israel village.
travelethiopia.tripod.com /histor.htm   (251 words)

  
 history, culture , wildlife & trekking   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
We visit Bait Yohannes and then leave for Axum, on route visiting Yeha.
We leave for Gorgora, at the northern end of Lake Tana.
We leave for the Blue Nile Falls and a boat trip to Zeghie Peninsula.
www.telecom.net.et /~eet/history.htm   (1116 words)

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