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Ankober
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
a town in, and at one time capital of, the kingdom of Shoa, Abyssinia, 90 m. N.E. of Adis Ababa, in 9° 34' N., 39° 54' E., on a mountain about 850o ft. above the sea. Ankober was made (c. 1890) by Menelek II. the place of detention of political prisoners. Pop. about 2000.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Ankober'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/ankober.html. 1910.