Korem
Sign in to savethumb|Lake Ashenge, north of Korem Korem (Tigrinya: ኮረም) (alternative forms include Ofla, Kworem, Quoram) is a town and separate woreda in Tigray, Ethiopia. Located on the eastern edge of the Ethiopian Highlands in the Southern Zone of the Tigray Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 2539 meters above sea level and is located along Ethiopian Highway 2. Korem is located in the endorheic basin of the Afar Triangle. The streams near Korem do not reach the ocean. Lake Ashenge is located six kilometers to the north of Korem. The town of Korem is surrounded by Wefla
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Place details
- Locality
- ኮረም / Korem
- Region
- ትግራይ تجراى
- Country
- ኢትዮጵያ
- Population
- 35,600
- Timezone
- Africa/Addis_Ababa
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Located in
- Debubawi Zone
- Elevation
- 2539
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- 20th century
- Demographics
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thumb|Lake Ashenge, north of Korem Korem (Tigrinya: ኮረም) (alternative forms include Ofla, Kworem, Quoram) is a town and separate woreda in Tigray, Ethiopia. Located on the eastern edge of the Ethiopian Highlands in the Southern Zone of the Tigray Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 2539 meters above sea level and is located along Ethiopian Highway 2. Korem is located in the endorheic basin of the Afar Triangle. The streams near Korem do not reach the ocean. Lake Ashenge is located six kilometers to the north of Korem. The town of Korem is surrounded by Wefla woreda.
== History ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Korem” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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