Wuchale

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Wuchale (also spelled Ucciali) is a town in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. It is located at latitude 11 30' north and longitude 39 36' east, with an elevation of 1711 meters, about 40 kilometers north of Dessie.

While it was a fief of Queen Taytu, Italian ambassador Count Pietro Antonelli met with Emperor Menelik II at Wuchale shortly after the death in battle of Emperor Yohannes IV. The two countries came to an agreement, the Treaty of Wuchale, which was signed on 2 May 1889.