Nefas Mewcha
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| Coordinates: 11°44′N 38°28′E / 11.733°N 38.467°E | |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Region | Amhara |
| Zone | Debub Gondar Zone |
| Elevation | 3,120 m (10,240 ft) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 18,691 |
| Time zone | EAT (UTC+3) |
Nefas Mewcha is a town in northern Ethiopia. Located in the Debub Gondar Zone of the Amhara Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 11°44′N 38°28′E / 11.733°N 38.467°ECoordinates: 11°44′N 38°28′E / 11.733°N 38.467°E and an elevation of 3120 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Lay Gayint woreda.
Nefas Mewcha lies on the main Debre Tabor - Weldiya highway (also known as the Chinese road), providing it with an all-year link to the Zonal capital of Weldiya.
One of the earliest mentions of Nefas Mewcha is in the Royal chronicle of Emperor Susenyos, where the Emperor stopped during his campaign against the rebel Yona'el in 1620.
The Scots explorer James Bruce, who visited Ethiopia in the early 1770s, described Nefas Mewcha as "in the farthest limits" of the province of Begemder at the time, with the Wollo Oromo ruling the territories "behind this". In the last years of his reign, emperor Iyoas I fought a battle against the governor of Begemder, Ya Mariam Bariaw, who had killed his uncle Birale in an earlier battle. Ya Mariam Bariaw was defeated, and severely wounded; he fled to the nearby Wollo, who handed Ya Mariam Bariaw back to the half-Oromo Emperor for punishment.
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