Abala is one of the 29 Districts in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Administrative Zone 2, Abala is located at the base of the eastern escarpment of the Ethiopian highlands, and bordered on the south by Megale, on the west by the Tigray Region, on the north by Berhale, on the northeast […]

Abiy Addi is a town in north central Ethiopia, and was capital of the former province of Tembien before that province was incorporated into Tigray. Located about 470 kilometres north of Addis Ababa in the Mehakelegnaw Zone of the Tigray Region. Abiy Addi is the administrative center of Kola Tembien woreda. HistoryEdit N.A. Must SeeEdit […]

Alamata is a town in northern Ethiopia. Located in the Debubawi (Southern) zone of the Tigray region and an elevation of 1520 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Alamata woreda. HistoryEdit N.A. Must SeeEdit N.A. Visiting TimeEdit N.A. Closed OnEdit N.A. Best Season to VisitEdit N.A. Best Time To VisitEdit N.A. […]

Hintalo is a town in northern Ethiopia. Located in the Debubawi (Southern) Zone of the Tigray Region. It is one of three towns in Hintalo Wajirat woreda. Historically, Hintalo was the capital city of Enderta province. Located on a high plateau beneath the south face of Amba Aradam, which made the town a natural fortress. […]

Korem is a town in northern Ethiopia. Located on the eastern edge of the Ethiopian highlands in the Debubawi (Southern) Zone of the Tigray Region with an elevation of 2539 meters above sea level. HistoryEdit N.A. Must SeeEdit N.A. Visiting TimeEdit N.A. Closed OnEdit N.A. Best Season to VisitEdit N.A. Best Time To VisitEdit N.A. […]

Mek’ele, also transliterated as Makale, is a city in northern Ethiopia and the capital of the Tigray Region. Administratively, Mek’ele is considered a Special Zone, which is divided into two woredas; this places Mek’ele midway between Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa which are organized as chartered cities (astedader akabibi, equivalent to a kilil), and cities […]

Humera is a town in northern Ethiopia, near the borders of Sudan and Eritrea. Humera is the administrative center of Kafta Humera woreda. The population increases dramatically each year during the farming season, when migrant workers arrive from all over the country. Sesame, tef and sorghum are among the most common crops. Humera is part […]

Asosa is a town in western Ethiopia and the capital of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region (or kilil) of Ethiopia. A Belgian force from the Congo captured Asosa 11 March 1941, destroying the Italian 10th Brigade and capturing 1,500 men. During the Ethiopian Civil War, with help from the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front the Oromo Liberation Front […]

Axum or Aksum is a city in northern Ethiopia which was the original capital of the eponymous kingdom of Axum. Population 56,500 (2010). Axum was a naval and trading power that ruled the region from ca. 400 BC into the 10th century. The kingdom was also arbitrarily identified as Abyssinia, Ethiopia, and India in medieval […]