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Tigray Region
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regional state of Ethiopia
Tigray Region is one of Ethiopia's regional states, located in the northern part of the country. It has been the center of significant political and humanitarian attention, particularly due to conflict that began in 2020 and its severe impact on the population.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in landmark, across 13 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Accuracy disputes from December 2017, Regions of Ethiopia and Tigray Region.
Its subject is documented across 63 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Population
- 4960003
- Area
- 41409.95
- Official website
- www.tig-gpr.org
- Image
- Tigray, Ethiopia (8205210356).jpg
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- Tigray Region
- native label
- ትግራይ ክልል
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Encyclopedic overview
The Tigray Region (or simply Tigray; officially the Tigray National Regional State) is the northernmost regional state in Ethiopia. The Tigray Region is the homeland of the Tigrayan, Irob and Kunama people. Its capital and largest city is Mekelle. Tigray is the fifth-largest by area, the fourth-most populous, and the fifth-most densely populated of the 11 regional states. Tigray is bordered by Eritrea to the north, the Amhara Region to the south, Sudan to the west, and Afar Region to the east .
Tigray's official language is Tigrinya, similar to that of southern Eritrea. The Tigray region had an estimated pre-Tigray war population of 7,070,260. The majority of the population (c. 80%) are farmers, contributing 46% to the regional gross domestic product (2009). The highlands have the highest population density, especially in eastern and central Tigray. The much less densely populated lowlands comprise 48% of Tigray's area. Although the percentage of Muslims in Tigray as of 2007 was approximately 4%, it has been historically Islam's doorway to the region and to Africa at large. Approximately 95.6% of Tigrayans are Orthodox Christian.
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