Debre Berhan
Ethiopia
Debre Berhan takes its name — "Mountain of Light" in Amharic — from a celestial light said to have descended from the sky here in 1446, an event that prompted Emperor Zara Yaqob to found the city and build a palace and church. The emperor spent roughly fourteen years here, writing religious and philosophical works and making the city a centre of learning. Set in the Ethiopian highlands north of Addis Ababa, it serves today as the administrative capital of North Shewa Zone.
- Population146,900
- Nearest water from center 4.6 km2.8 mi
- Nearest mountain from center 22 km14 mi
Nearest airports
Climate · monthly averages
J
14°57°
55mm2.2in
F
15°58°
60mm2.4in
M
16°60°
160mm6.3in
A
16°61°
170mm6.8in
M
17°63°
85mm3.3in
J
17°62°
125mm5.0in
J
15°58°
515mm20.4in
A
15°58°
625mm24.5in
S
15°59°
270mm10.6in
O
14°58°
50mm2.0in
N
14°56°
25mm1.0in
D
13°56°
20mm0.8in
Avg temp · total precipitation, 1991–2020 monthly normals · ERA5-Land · methodology ↗