Debre Sina is a town in

Amhara Region The Amhara Region (), officially the Amhara National Regional State (), is a Regions of Ethiopia, regional state in northern Ethiopia and the homeland of the Amhara people, Amhara, Awi people, Awi, Xamir people, Xamir, Argobba people, Argobba, a ...

Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...

. Located in Semien Shewa (North Shewa)

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, the town has an elevation of 2630 to 2830 meters above sea level. Although the district was named after this town, the administrative center of the Debre Sina district is located in

Mekane Selam Mekane Selam (Amharic: መካነ ሰላም) is a town in central Ethiopia. Located in the South Wollo Zone of the Amhara Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 1827 meters above sea level. It is the administrativ ...

. Debre Sina is located along

Ethiopian Highway 2 Transport in Ethiopia is overseen by the Ministry of Transport and Communications. Over the last years, the Ethiopian federal authorities have significantly increased funding for rail and road construction to build an infrastructure, that allows ...

, just west of Debre Sina. The national highway reaches its highest point at 3120 meters above sea level. Just below the top of the Termaber pass, a tunnel was constructed by the Italians in 1938. The highest elevations along this escarpment reach beyond 3300 meters. Hydrologically, Debre Sina is located in the Afar endoreic basin. Just to the west of Debre Sina, the ''Termaber pass'' crosses the continental divide into the

Jamma River The Jamma River (Amharic: ጃማ) is a river in central Ethiopia and a tributary to the Abay River, Abay (or Blue Nile). It drains parts of the Semien Shewa Zones of the Semien Shewa Zone (Amhara), Amhara and Semien Shewa Zone (Oromia), Oromia Re ...

and

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basin.

History

20th century

During the Italian occupation, the Termaber Pass was referred to as the "passo Mussolini".

References

* * {{Citation , last=McCarty , first=Lauren , title=The ‘ENGINE’ Behind Improved Nutrition in Ethiopia , url=https://2012-2017.usaid.gov/news-information/frontlines/foreign-aid-impact/engine-behind-improved-nutrition?page=1 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007070438/https://2012-2017.usaid.gov/news-information/frontlines/foreign-aid-impact/engine-behind-improved-nutrition?page=1 , url-status=dead , archive-date=October 7, 2024 , work=Foreign Aid Impact in U.S. and Abroad , year=2015 , publisher=USAID FrontLines Populated places in the Amhara Region