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Anamba (Amharic:ዐምባāmbā,Tigrinya:እምባimbā) is a characteristiclandform inEthiopia. It is a steep-sided, flat-topped mountain, often the site of villages, wells, and their surrounding farmland. Such settlements were frequently located on these ambaplateaus because they were very defensible and often virtually inaccessible from the ground.
The original term in Amharic indicates amountain fortress.Amba Geshen, for example, is a historically significant amba where members of royal families were kept under guard for their safety and to prevent their participation in plots against the sittingemperor. Other noted Ambas includeAmba Aradam andAmba Alagi, sites of famous battles during thefirst andsecond Italo-Ethiopian Wars.
In 2008, a scientific mission identified on an amba nearHarar, theKundudo, one of just twoferal horse populations in Africa.[1]
