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finding the spot a convenient resting-place for their fellow-pilgrims on their way to Mecca and back, obtained permission from the
Emperor of Ethiopia to make a permanent settlement there. However Hormuz Rassam records a different account, stating "within the last century" (i.e., the 18th century)
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militia. Fano seized
Metemma on 1 September 2024, aiming to cut off supplies of fuel and food coming across the border. After being disarmed, Sudanese authorities allowed ENDF troops to retreat into Sudan. On 2 September, 'Amhara Fano Forces Gondar Command' publicly declared the city to be under
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of
Ethiopia published in 2005, Metemma has an estimated total population of 5,581, with 3,132 males and 2,449 females. The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 3,183 of whom 1,648 were males and 1,535 were females. It is one of three towns in
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The trade route through
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has published estimates of the number of people sold in this market during the 19th century that range between 10,000 and 20,000. By 1881, European visitors reported that the
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1944 (AD 1952) an official survey found only 129 thatched and corrugated-roof houses in
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and Darfur. These foreign conscripts eventually revolted and killed the "so-called Arab chief", making one of their own number ruler.
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provinces", although at the time the settlement was better known as Suk ul-Gallabat ("The market of
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