Ambo is a spa town in Ethiopia, lying west of Addis Ababa. It is known for its mineral water and lies north of Mount Wenchi with its crater lake, the Guder Falls and Huluka Falls. A spa town is a town frequented, in times past, for health reasons, to take the waters. The name derives from the Belgian town Spa, and in continental Europe, a spa was known as a ville deau (town of water). ... Addis Ababa as seen from space. ... Mineral water is water containing minerals or other dissolved substances that alter its taste or give it therapeutic value. ... For the general term of a geological feature that goes by the same name, see crater lake. ...
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Ambo has an estimated total population of 49,421, of whom 24,671 were males and 24,750 were females.
Ambo is known for its mineral water and lies north of Mount Wenchi with its crater lake, the Guder Falls and Huluka Falls.
Instead, the area directly in front of the Beautiful Gates of the iconostasis from which the Gospel is typically read is called the ambo, and the entire low elevation above the level of the nave in front of the iconostasis is called the soleas.
In larger churches, the ambo might be distinguished by three curved steps from which one might reach it from the nave.
In Eastern Orthodox cathedrals there is usually a low platform in the center of the nave called the episcopal ambo where the bishop is vested prior to the Divine Liturgy and where he is enthroned until the Little Entrance.