Debre Zebit


Debre Zebit is a village in northern Ethiopia. Located in the Semien Wollo Zone of the Amhara Region, about 240 kilometres north of Addis Ababa, this village has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation of 2928 meters above sea level. The Central Statistical Agency has not published an estimate for this village's 2005 population. It is one of three towns in Meket woreda.
Debre Zebit was the location of the Battle of Anchem, on 31 March 1930 between Ras Teferi's forces under the command of Dejazmach Mulugeta Yeggazu over those of Ras Gugsa Welle. Ras Gugsa was defeated and killed.