Gondar

Gondar Gonder
City and woreda
From top, left to right: View of Gondar; Mentewab's Castle; Chancellery of Yohannes I; Fasilides Bath; Enqualal Gemb; and Debre Berhan Selassie Church
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Coordinates: 12°36′27″N 37°27′33″E / 12.60750°N 37.45917°E / 12.60750; 37.45917
Country	Ethiopia
Region	Amhara
Zone	North Gondar
Founded	1636
Founded by	Fasilides
Area
• Total	192.27 km2 (74.24 sq mi)
Elevation	2,133 m (6,998 ft)
Population  (2007)[1]
• Total	207,044
• Estimate  (2021)[2]	443,156
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)

Gondar, also spelled Gonder (Amharic: ጎንደር, Gonder^[a] or Gondär;^[b] formerly ጐንደር, Gʷandar or Gʷender), is a city and woreda in Ethiopia. Located in the North Gondar Zone of the Amhara Region, Gondar is north of Lake Tana on the Lesser Angereb River and southwest of the Simien Mountains. As of 2021^[update], Gondar has an estimated population of 443,156.^[2]

Gondar previously served as the capital of both the Ethiopian Empire and the subsequent Begemder Province. The city holds the remains of several royal castles, including those in the Fasil Ghebbi UNESCO World Heritage Site for which Gondar has been called the "Camelot of Africa".^[3]

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