page_title: Zege Peninsula
section_title: Monasteries on the Tana islands
hierarchical_section_title: Zege Peninsula / Monasteries on the Tana islands
caption_attribution_description: English: Debre Mariam Monastery – Lake Tana near Bahir Dar, Ethiopia Русский: Богородицкий монастырь – Озеро Тана недалеко от Бахр-Дара, Эфиопия
context_page_description: The Zege Peninsula is located on the southern shore of Lake Tana in Ethiopia, and is situated at. It is 600 km northwest of Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia. Lake Tana is the largest lake in Ethiopia, and is the source of the Blue Nile river. The peninsula is attached to dry land on its western part. As a place name, the word "zege" signifies a peninsula that encloses two rural qebele, the former monastery and Zägé town at the gate of the main land of the peninsula. At present, Zegé is part of Bahir Dar city administration, and is 32 km from the main town, the capital of Amhara National Regional State. The origin of the term "zegié" is somewhat obscure. Informants from Ura Kidane miheret monastic church, one of the earliest church in the peninsula associated the term to Debra Zegag and Abba Nahom; where as some monks who were servants of Mähal Zegié Giyorgis attributed the term to Zengie and to Abun Betre Maryam, founder of Zegie monastery. Still another church scholar, Aleqa Aynakulu Mersha, related the term to a name of a tribe called Zegie 1955 E.C:466; Tadese Tamrat, 1994:954-959.
caption: Debre Maryam Monastery
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