Adigrat

Swedish track and field athlete

Adigrat (, ; also spelled ʿAddi Grat) is a city and separate woreda in Tigray Region of Ethiopia. It is located in the Misraqawi Zone at longitude and latitude , with an elevation of above sea level and below a high ridge to the west. Adigrat is a strategically important gateway to Eritrea and the Red Sea. Adigrat was part of Ganta Afeshum woreda before a separate woreda was created for the city. Currently, Adigrat serves as the capital of the Eastern Tigray zone.

flat-topped mountain, or amba, and a 6th-century monastery in northern Ethiopia

eparchy

Ethiopian paleoanthropologist

building in Ethiopia

Ethiopian Orthodox saint

Agame () is a province in northern Ethiopia. It includes the northeastern corner of Tigray, borders the Eritrean province of Akele Guzai in the north, Tembien, Kalatta Awlalo and Enderta in the south, and the Afar lowlands in the east. This province of Agame consists of the famous Debre Dammo monastery and the city of Adigrat. In pre-1991, Agame had a total area of about with an estimated population of 344,800. thumb|Tigray, Agame province, a skyline of Adigrat city surroundings|259x259px