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Belessa was one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. It was named after the former province , which lay in the same area. Part of the Semien Gondar Zone, Belessa was bordered on the south by the Debub Gondar Zone, on the west by Gondar Zuria, on the northwest by Wegera, on the northeast by Jan Amora, and on the east by the Wag Hemra Zone. Towns in Belessa included and . Belessa was separated for Mirab Belessa and Misraq Belessa woredas.

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  • Belessa was one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. It was named after the former province , which lay in the same area. Part of the Semien Gondar Zone, Belessa was bordered on the south by the Debub Gondar Zone, on the west by Gondar Zuria, on the northwest by Wegera, on the northeast by Jan Amora, and on the east by the Wag Hemra Zone. Towns in Belessa included and . Belessa was separated for Mirab Belessa and Misraq Belessa woredas. Rivers in Belessa include the Balagas. A notable landmark is Mount Wehni, where the former royal prison of the heirs to the throne of the Emperor of Ethiopia was located. Due to its inaccessibility and the lack of the most basic infrastructure, in 1999 the Regional government classified Belessa as one of its 47 drought prone and food insecure woredas. A 2005 survey of the eastern part of this woreda described it as a highly degraded and seriously drought-affected mountainous area, with an altitude that varied between 1,200 and 1,800 meters above sea level. The member of parliament from Belessa is the former President of the Amhara Region, and one time Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Addisu Legesse. (en)
  • Belessa était l'un des 105 woredas de la région Amhara, en Éthiopie.Situé à l'est de Gondar, il faisait partie de la zone Semien Gondar.Il s'est scindé en deux woredas appelés (en) et (en) qui avaient respectivement 142 791 habitants et 97 838 habitants au recensement de 2007. Ses principales agglomérations étaient Aribaya, Hamusit et Gwehila avec 7 666, 6 838 et 6 219 habitants en 2007. (fr)
  • Belessa är ett distrikt i Etiopien. Det ligger i den nordvästra delen av landet, 400 km norr om huvudstaden Addis Abeba. Medelhavsklimat råder i trakten. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är 20 °C. Den varmaste månaden är mars, då medeltemperaturen är 26 °C, och den kallaste är juli, med 10 °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är 1 126 millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är juli, med i genomsnitt 286 mm nederbörd, och den torraste är februari, med 4 mm nederbörd. (sv)
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  • Belessa était l'un des 105 woredas de la région Amhara, en Éthiopie.Situé à l'est de Gondar, il faisait partie de la zone Semien Gondar.Il s'est scindé en deux woredas appelés (en) et (en) qui avaient respectivement 142 791 habitants et 97 838 habitants au recensement de 2007. Ses principales agglomérations étaient Aribaya, Hamusit et Gwehila avec 7 666, 6 838 et 6 219 habitants en 2007. (fr)
  • Belessa är ett distrikt i Etiopien. Det ligger i den nordvästra delen av landet, 400 km norr om huvudstaden Addis Abeba. Medelhavsklimat råder i trakten. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är 20 °C. Den varmaste månaden är mars, då medeltemperaturen är 26 °C, och den kallaste är juli, med 10 °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är 1 126 millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är juli, med i genomsnitt 286 mm nederbörd, och den torraste är februari, med 4 mm nederbörd. (sv)
  • Belessa was one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. It was named after the former province , which lay in the same area. Part of the Semien Gondar Zone, Belessa was bordered on the south by the Debub Gondar Zone, on the west by Gondar Zuria, on the northwest by Wegera, on the northeast by Jan Amora, and on the east by the Wag Hemra Zone. Towns in Belessa included and . Belessa was separated for Mirab Belessa and Misraq Belessa woredas. (en)
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  • Belessa (en)
  • Belessa (fr)
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