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The Checheho River is a small river located in north-central Ethiopia. Part of the watershed of the Abay River, it rises to the east of Debre Zebit to flow south to join the Bashilo River. Its major tributary is the Zhit'a, which enters the Checheho on the left side.
Checheho town is located near the source of the homonymous river, along the highway between Weldiya and Debre Tabor. The town ( 11°47′17″N38°32′09″E / 11.78806°N 38.53597°E Coordinates: 11°47′17″N38°32′09″E / 11.78806°N 38.53597°E , 2750 metres above sea level) holds an important monastery. It also served as battlefield during the Tigray War in 2021; around mid-August 2021, the Tigray Defense Forces were in control of the town. [1]
Tigray Region is the northernmost regional state in Ethiopia. The Tigray Region is the homeland of the Tigrayan, Irob and Kunama peoples. Tigray is also known as Region 1 according to the federal constitution. Its capital and largest city is Mekelle. Tigray is the fifth-largest by area, the fifth-most populous, and the fifth-most densely populated of the 10 Regional States.
Adwa is a town and separate woreda in Tigray Region, Ethiopia. It is best known as the community closest to the site of the 1896 Battle of Adwa, in which Ethiopian soldiers defeated Italian troops, thus being one of the few African nations to thwart European colonialism. Located in the Mehakelegnaw Zone of the Tigray Region, Adwa has a longitude and latitude of 14°10′N38°54′E, and an elevation of 1907 meters. Adwa is surrounded by Adwa woreda.
Weldiya is the capital of the Semien Wollo Zone, and woreda in northern Ethiopia. Located north of Dessie and southeast of Lalibela in the Amhara Region, this town has an elevation of 2112 meters above sea level.
Amhara Region is a regional state in northern Ethiopia, and the homeland of the Amhara people. Its capital is Bahir Dar. Amhara is the site of the largest inland body of water in Ethiopia, Lake Tana, and of Semien Mountains National Park. Amhara is bordered by the state of Sudan to the west and northwest, and by other regions of Ethiopia: Tigray to the north, Afar to the east, Benishangul-Gumuz to the west and southwest, and Oromia to the south.
Shire (ሽረ), also known as Inda Selassie, is a town and separate woreda in Tigray, Ethiopia. The administrative center of the Semien Mi'irabawi Zone of the Tigray region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 14°6′N38°17′E with an altitude of 1953 meters above sea level. It was part of Tahtay Koraro woreda.
Debre Tabor is a town and woreda in north-central Ethiopia. Located in the Debub Gondar Zone of the Amhara Region, about 100 kilometers southeast of Gondar and 50 kilometers east of Lake Tana, this historic town has a latitude and longitude of 11°51′N38°1′E with an elevation of 2,706 metres (8,878 ft) above sea level. The presence of at least 48 springs in the area contributed to the development of Debre Tabor.
Debre Berhan is a city in Amhara Region, Ethiopia. Located in the Semien Shewa Zone of the Amhara Region, about 120 kilometers north east of Addis Ababa on Ethiopian highway 2, the town has an elevation of 2,840 meters, which makes it the highest town of this size in Africa. It was an early capital of Ethiopia and afterwards, with Ankober and Angolalla, was one of the capitals of the kingdom of Shewa. Today, it is the administrative center of the Semien Shewa Zone of the Amhara Region.
Debre Zebit is a village in northern Ethiopia. Located in the Semien Wollo Zone of the Amhara Region, about 240 kilometres north of Addis Ababa, this village has a latitude and longitude of 11°49′N38°35′E and an elevation of 2928 meters above sea level. The Central Statistical Agency has not published an estimate for this village's 2005 population. It is one of three towns in Meket woreda.
Medebay Zana is an Ethiopian District or woreda in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Mi'irabawi Zone, Medebay Zana is bordered on the south by the Tekeze River which separates Tahtai Adyabo from Tselemti, on the southwest by Asgede Tsimbla, on the northwest by Tahtay Koraro, on the north by La'ilay Adyabo, and on the east by the Mehakelegnaw (Central) Zone. The administrative center of this woreda is Selex Lexa; other towns in Medebay Zana include Debre Kerbe.
Asgede Tsimbla is a woreda in Tigray Region, Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Mi'irabawi Zone, Asgede Tsimbla is bordered along the south by the Tekeze River which separates the woreda on the south from Tselemti and to the west by the Mi'irabawi Zone, then on the northwest by Tahtay Adyabo, on the north by La'ilay Adiyabo, on the northeast by Tahtay Koraro, and on the east by Medebay Zana. The administrative center of this woreda is Inda Aba Guna; other towns in Asgede Tsimbla include Kisad Gaba, May Hansse, Adi Gebru, Dedebit, Idaga Hibret, Adi Mehameday, Hitsats, and Debre Abai.
Meket is a woreda in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. It is named after a former district located approximately in this area. Located on the western side of the Semien Wollo Zone, Meket is bordered on the south by Wadla and Dawunt, on the west by the Debub Gondar Zone, on the northwest by Bugna, on the north by Lasta, on the northeast by Gidan, and on the east by Guba Lafto. The administrative center of Meket is Filakit Gereger; other settlements include Agrit, Arbit, Gashena and Debre Zebit.
Nefas Mewcha is a town in northern Ethiopia. Located in the Debub Gondar Zone of the Amhara Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 11°44′N38°28′E and an elevation of 3150 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Lay Gayint woreda.
Debre Abbay is a monastery of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church located at the edge of the canyon of the Tekezé River in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. The monastery dates from the 14th century, and has important connections with Ethiopian history: the Emperor Zara Yaqob was educated there until his 14th year, the Battle of Debre Abbay was fought nearby 14 February 1831, and notable Ethiopian scholars, such as Gedamu Woldegiorgis, continued to be educated there well into the early to mid-1900s.
Debre Nazret is a tabia or municipality in the Inderta district of the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. It belonged to Dogu'a Tembien up to January 2020. The tabia centre is in Togogwa town, located approximately 19 km to the east-southeast of Hagere Selam and 25 km to the west of Mekelle.
Casualties of the Tigray War refers to civilian and military deaths and injuries in the Tigray War that started in November 2020, in which rape and other sexual violence are also widespread. Claims of civilian deaths range from zero civilians killed in the late November Mekelle offensive, according to federal Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed on 30 November 2020 parliamentary statement, to a minimum estimate of at least 52,000 civilians killed by the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF), the Eritrean Defence Forces (EDF), Amhara militias, and other forces allied with the ENDF as of early February 2021, according to Tigrayan opposition political parties. On 16 February 2021, Getachew Reda of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) estimated that 100,000 soldiers had died in the Tigray War, while the Ethiopian government claims that 1,245 Ethiopian soldiers died in the Tigray war and 2 aircraft belonging to the Ethiopian Air Force were destroyed not to mention the Ethiopian economic losses itself.
The Debre Abbay massacre was a mass extrajudicial killing that took place in Debre Abbay in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia during the Tigray War, around 5–6 January 2021. Part of the massacre was filmed in the village of May Harmaz that belongs to tabiya Debre Abbay, woreda Tsimbla, Northwestern zone of Tigray. Later on, the killing spree affected also other villages of the tabiya.
The Bizet massacre was a mass extrajudicial killing that took place in Bizet in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia during the Tigray War, on 2 December 2020. Bizet is a small town, capital of woreda Bizet, located near Debre Damo monastery, Central zone of Tigray.
The Mahbere Dego massacres were mass extrajudicial killings that took place in Mahbere Dego in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia during the Tigray War, around in the second half of January 2021. Mahbere Dego is a small town that belongs to woreda Na’ider, Central zone of Tigray.
The Debre Genet massacre was a mass extrajudicial killing that took place in Debre Genet in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia during the Tigray War, on 27 April 2021. Debre Genet is a village in woreda Adet, Central zone of Tigray.
The Guh massacre was a mass extrajudicial killing that took place in Guh in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia during the Tigray War, on 8 May 2021. Guh is a village that belongs to tabiya Debre Selam, woreda Hawzen, Eastern zone of Tigray. It is a small rural settlement on steep slopes below the fifth-century rock-hewn church of Abuna Yemata.
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