Korata

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Kebele in Debub Gondar, Dera

Korata

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Kebele

Woreda| Dera
Zone| Debub Gondar
Region| Amhara Region
Area

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• Total

| 26.09 km2 (10.07 sq mi)
Population

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• Total

| 9,245
• Density| 350/km2 (920/sq mi)

Korata is one of the kebeles in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. It is the location of the former town of Korata.

During the 19th century, Korata was one of the holiest places in Ethiopia and a major settlement. Korata became a sacred place after a nun, Waldt-Máryam, miraculously saved the settlement from an attack by Oromo invaders. Consequently, Waldt-Máryam became venerated as a saint and Korata became a holy town. Only the head of the Ethiopian church and the emperor were allowed to ride mules or horses on the town's streets.[2][3]

Korata was known for its beauty[4][5] and well-built houses of stone.[4][2] The town contained so many large trees that, from a distance, it could be difficult to tell it was a major settlement.[4]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Participatory Rural Appraisal Report: Dera District" (PDF). Bahir Dar University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2012.
2. ^ a b Rassam, Hormuzd (1869). Narrative of the British Mission to Theodore, King of Abyssinia: With Notices of the Countries Traversed from Massowah, Through the Soodân, the Amhâra, and Back to Annesley Bay, from Mágdala. J. Murray.
3. ^ Henry Blanc, A NARRATIVE OF CAPTIVITY IN ABYSSINIA; WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LATE EMPEROR THEODORE, HIS COUNTRY AND PEOPLE
4. ^ a b c Henry Blanc, A NARRATIVE OF CAPTIVITY IN ABYSSINIA; WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LATE EMPEROR THEODORE, HIS COUNTRY AND PEOPLE http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/8815/pg8815.html
5. ^ Guillaume Lejean (November–December 1864). "Théodore II et le nouvel empire d'Abyssinie". Revue des Deux Mondes (in French). 54: 202. "Koarata, ravissante petite ville qui domine une pointe avancée du lac Tána"