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Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Gazetteer of Ethiopia : names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names United States. Board on Geographic Names, Washington D.C. : United States. Defense Mapping Agency, 1982
 * Spectrum Guide to Ethiopia Camerapix, Interlink Publishing, 2000
 * Sudan and Ethiopia John Bartholomew, William Clowes & Son, 1956
 * Ethiopia - Top 100+ Cities by Population at geoba.se
 * Detailed Map of Ethiopia and neighboring countries at maplandia.com
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Ethiopia at places-in-the-world.com
 * List of cities and towns in Ethiopia at wikipedia.org

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Ethiopia World Gazetteer Locations ESRI, ESRI, 2006
 * National atlas of Ethiopia YaʼItyoṗyā Kārtā śerā derejet. Geography Division, Ethiopian Mapping Agency, 1981

Why Use Gazetteers
A gazetteer is a dictionary of place-names. Gazetteers list or describe towns and villages, parishes, states, populations, rivers and mountains, and other geographical features. They usually include only the names of places that existed at the time the gazetteer was published. Within a specific geographical area, the place-names are listed in alphabetical order, similar to a dictionary. You can use a gazetteer to locate the places where your family lived and to determine the civil and religious jurisdictions over those places.

There are many places within a country with similar or identical place-names. You will need to use a gazetteer to identify the specific town where your ancestor lived, the state the town was or is in, and the jurisdictions where records about the person was kept.

Gazetteer Contents
Gazetteers may also provide additional information about towns, such as:


 * Different religious denominations
 * Schools, colleges, and universities
 * Major manufacturers, canals, docks, and railroad stations
 * The population size.
 * Boundaries of civil jurisdiction.
 * Ecclesiastical jurisdiction(s)
 * Longitude and latitude.
 * Distances and direction from other from cities.
 * Schools, colleges, and universities.
 * Denominations and number of churches.
 * Historical and biographical information on some individuals (usually high-ranking or famous individuals)