Debre Marqos (also called Mankorar) is a city in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. It is located at latitude 10° 20' north and longitude 37° 43' east, with an elevation of 2446 meters. The city gets the name of Debre Marqos from its principal church, constructed in the late 19th century, which is dedicated to St. Mark. As of 1994, it had a population of 49,297. Amhara (አማራ) is one of the nine ethnic divisions (kililoch) of Ethiopia, containing the homeland of the Amhara people. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...
Debre Marqos is served by an airport with an unpaved runway.
Debre Marqos was a major Italian fortification during the existence of Italian East Africa, until its abandonment 3 April1941. Until the reorganization of the provinces that followed the adoption of the 1995 constitution, this city served as the capital of the province of Gojjam. Italian East Africa (Italian: Africa Orientale Italiana) was an Italian colony in Africa. ... Jump to: navigation, search April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Gojjam, or Gojam, was a province in the north-eastern part of Ethiopia, with its capital city at Debra Markos. ...
The San Francisco Chronicle's own Debra Saunders nails it today on President Bush in her column entitled, "Go Bush." She writes, on Bush's seemingly obstinate decision to remain in Iraq despite what the media incessantly labels a disastrous quagmire.
Bush's willingness to sacrifice political capital and ratings are a far cry from President Bill Clinton, or even Bush's father, who had Saddam on the run in 1991 after the first Gulf War but refused to send the troops to Baghdad to depose Saddam.
Debra might have noted a similarly weasely episode by the Democrats this week, when the New Mexico Democrat Party called for Bush's removal from office, then their state chairman chickened out.
It is said Ras Kassa and Dejazmatch (later Ras) Asrate his surviving son never forgave Ras Hailu for this, although he probably did not know that the Italians intended on murdering the Dejazmatches.
When Emperor Haile Selassie returned with British aid and crossed into Gojjam at Omedla at the head of Gideon Force, the Italians thought to dilute any Gojjam uprising by sending Ras Hailu to Debre Markos to oppose the Emperor.
Always shrewd, Ras Hailu negotiated his surrender with the English, who prevailed on the Emperor to reluctantly accept him back.
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