Dek Island
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dek Island (Dek Deset in Amhara) is the biggest island (approximately 16 km²) on Lake Tana in Ethiopia. It is administratively included in the Achefer woreda of the Mirab Gojjam Zone. The total population is approximately 17,000.
It is home to several monasteries, the best known being Narga Selassie. It is accessible by the ferry that runs from Bahir Dar to Gorgora.[1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ As attested in a number of tour books, for example Philip Briggs, Guide to Ethiopia, third edition (Old Saybrook: Globe Pequot Press, 2003), pp. 194f
This article about a location in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
