Bahir Dar
Bahir Dar, also spelt Bahar Dar, on the southern shore of Lake Tana, the biggest lake in Ethiopia, is the third largest city in the nation, after Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa, with a population of half a million. It's the capital of the Amhara region, dominated by the Amhara people, the Ethiopia's second largest grouping; the Ethiopian official language is Amharic. Wikivoyage
Population 243,300 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Ethiopia
Getting there
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Somewhere to run
Getting around
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