About Dessie
Dessie is a city in Amhara, Ethiopia with a population of 270,400. It is the 10th largest of the 232 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Ethiopia, and the 2,109th largest worldwide. It lies 254 km from Addis Ababa.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#3of 54
Coordinates
11.133, 39.633
Record updated
30 November 2023
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 232 in EthiopiaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.