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K'ewit Destination Guide

Touring K'ewit in Ethiopia

K'ewit in the region of Amhara Region is a city located in Ethiopia - some 107 mi or ( 173 km ) North-East of Addis Ababa , the country's capital city .

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Time in K'ewit is now 03:13 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Addis Ababa " with a UTC offset of 3 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Djibouti, Yimod, Yech'a, Mengist, and Mek'ele. Being here already, consider visiting Djibouti . Check out our recommendations for K'ewit ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Kewet (woreda)

Kewet (also transliterated Qawat) is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Shewa Zone, Kewet is bordered on the southwest by Termaber, on the northwest by Menz Mam Midir, on the north by Efratana Gidim, and on the east by Afar Region. The major town in Kewet is Shewa Robit. Between 1994 and 2004 the boundaries of Kewet changed slightly. One kebele was transferred to Termaber and several kebeles north of Shewa Robit were moved into the Afar Region.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 10.17 39.75 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Amhara Region, Woredas of Ethiopia

Shewa Robit

Shewa Robit (also known as Shah Robit, Shoa Robit or Robit) is a town in north-central Ethiopia. Located in the Semien Shewa Zone of the Amhara Region, this town has a longitude and latitude of {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:10|06|N|39|59|E||| |primary |name= }} with an elevation of 1280 meters above sea level. Shewa Robit holds its market on Wednesdays.

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Located at 10.10 39.98 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: Populated places in the Amhara Region

Middle Awash

The Middle Awash is an archaeological site along the Awash River in Ethiopia's Afar Depression. A number of Pleistocene and late Miocene hominid remains have been found at the site, along with some of the oldest known Olduwan stone artifacts and patches of fire-baked clay, disputed evidence of the use of fire. Chimpanzee and human lineages are thought to have split around this time, somewhere between 5 million and 7 million years ago.

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Located at 10.00 40.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 25 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Ethiopia, Awash River, Paleoanthropological sites, Prehistoric Africa

Sela Dingay

Sela Dingay is a town in central Ethiopia. According to Johann Ludwig Krapf, the name means "the jumping stone", named for a rock which rolled over the edge of the southern rim of the gorge of the Mofar River, and killed a group of people sitting on it.

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Located at 9.97 39.63 (Lat./Long.); Less than 30 km away
Tags: Populated places in the Amhara Region