Alem Ketema (
Amharic: ዓለም ከተማ) is a town in
North Shewa Zone
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Etymology
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Amhara Region
The Amhara Region ( am, አማራ ክልል, Åmara Kilil), officially the Amhara National Regional State (), is a regional state in northern Ethiopia and the homeland of the Amhara people. Its capital is Bahir Dar which is the seat of the Re ...
, Ethiopia.
It is the administrative centre of
Merhabete woreda
Districts of Ethiopia, also called woredas ( am, ወረዳ; ''woreda''), are the third level of the administrative divisions of Ethiopia – after ''zones'' and the '' regional states''.
These districts are further subdivided into a number of ...
. The official spelling is 'Alem Ketema (with initial diacritical), and alternative spellings are Alem Catema and Alām Katma.
In 1993 a project was established to build a 675km road from Alem Ketema to
Sekota.
References
Populated places in the Amhara Region
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