Mount Damota or Mount Damot is the highest peak in
Wolayita Wolayta, Wolayita or Wolaita may refer to:
* Wolayta people, an ethnic group of Ethiopia
* Wolaytta language, spoken by the Welayta people
* Wolayita Zone, a zone in SNNPR, Ethiopia
* Kingdom of Welaytta, a Welaytta kingdom founded in medieval time ...
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Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
with altitude of nearly above the sea level.
Mt. Damota area is found in Wolaita Zone between
Damot Gale
Damot Gale is a woreda in Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia. Part of the Wolayita Zone
Wolayita or Wolaita is an administrative zone in Ethiopia. It is named for the Welayta people, whose homeland is in the zone. ...
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Boloso Sore
Boloso Sore is a woreda in Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia. Part of the Wolayita Zone, Boloso Sore is bordered on the south by Sodo Zuria and Damot Sore, on the west by Boloso Bombe, on the northeast by the Kembata T ...
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Soddo Zuria districts. Mt. Damota is a source of many streams flowing to different
districts
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
in radial pattern namely:
Hamessa,
Waja (river),
Bisare,
Gazina and other rivers.
The Damot Mountain has a historical value to the
Welayta Communities. It was used as a place of coronation and burial by
Wolayita kings.
References
Mountains of Ethiopia
Mountains and hills of Wolayita Zone
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