Bure (Gojjam), Ethiopia

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Bure (also transliterated Burye) is a town in western Ethiopia. Located in the Mirab Gojjam Zone of the Amhara Region, this town has a longitude and latitude of coord|10|42|N|37|4|E with an elevation of 2091 meters above sea level.

Bure enjoys a flourishing small business and connection point of businesses between Wolega, Gondar and Shewa. An agricultural training college and the Bure mineral water factory are the main modern industrial opportunities in the Town.Fact|date=July 2008

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this town has an estimated total population of 23,292, of whom 11,535 were males and 11,757 were females. [ [http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics] , Table B.4] The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 13,437 of whom 6,069 were males and 7,368 were females. It is the largest of two towns in Bure Wemberma woreda.

History

Ras Mikael Sehul and his puppet Emperor Tekle Haymanot camped at Bure in 1770 for three days after their victory at the Battle of Faggeta. [H. Weld Blundell, "The Royal chronicle of Abyssinia, 1769-1840" Cambridge: University Press, 1922), p. 207]

Bure is located at a group of hot springs that were popular during the 19th century for their theraputic properties. [Richard Pankhurst, "An Introduction to the Medical History of Ethiopia" (Trenton: Red Sea Press, 1990), p. 121] By 1880, its market was mentioned as having some trade in gold. [http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/B/ORTBUR.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"] (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 7 April 2008)]

In the late 1930s, during the Italian occupation, Bute was described as a large village with a market locate on a ridge between the upper valleys of Fettam/Sarki and Selala. It had two churches, one dedicated to Kidus Yohannes and the other to Kidane Mihret. It also reportedly had a radio telegraph station, a clinic, and the residence of the local Italian official. Because the town was an important strongpoint on the Bahir Dar-Debre Marqos road, its capture by Gideon Force and the followers of Dejazmach Negash Bezibeh 4 March 1941 was a significant contribution to the defeat of the Italians in Ethiopia. [Ref Ethiopia|Mockler-2003|pages= pp. 342-348]

Due to ethnic unrest in the Misraq (East) Welega Zone during 2001, over 10,900 Amhara sought refuge in Bure.

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