Dembiya (
Ge'ez ደምቢያ
dembīyā; also transliterated Dembea, Dambya, Dembya, Dambiya, etc.) is a historic region of
Ethiopia, intimately linked with
Lake Tana. According to the account of
Manuel de Almeida, Dembiya was "bounded on East by
Begemder, on South by
Gojjam, on West by
Agaws of
Achefer and Tangha.
Lake Tsana, formerly called Dambaya, is in this region."
Alexander Murray, in his preface to the third volume of
Bruce's account, further describes it as "on the east it includes
Foggora,
Dara, and Alata; on the north-east
Gondar, the metropolis, and the rich district beneath it; on the southwest, the district of Bed (the plain barren country) and, on the west, the lands around Waindaga and
Dingleber."