Adi-Ada/: ትግርኛ/ዓዲ ዓዳ is a village of the former historical province of

Seraye The Provinces of Eritrea existed between Eritrea's incorporation as a colony of Italy until the conversion of the provinces into administrative regions. Overview In Italian Eritrea, the Italian colonial administration had divided the colony into ...

, which is located 7 km southeast to the city of

Mendefera Mendefera, (Tigrinya: መንደፈራ) formerly Adi Ugri, is an ancient town which is now the capital city of the Southern Region or Zoba Debub of Eritrea. One World-Nations Online, All countries of the world, Map of Eritrea The town's name der ...

in present Southern Region of the state of Eritrea. The village has an age of at least 500 years, which is composed of four families called Enda Tesfit, Enda Nayzgi, Enda Oqubay and Enda Andehans who are founding fathers of the village Adi-Ada which has more than 300 households and an estimated population of 1,500 people., ReliefWeb, Adi-Ada a village in Mendefera sub zone, Aprile24,2012 Villages around Adi-Ada are Debezana, Mado, Adi-Bardi, Mefalso, Egrimekel, Adewehaza, Zban ona, Kudofelasi and Deranto which all villages belongs to Tekela (ተኸላ).The village is one of the major agricultural and animal products provider of

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. Agricultural irrigation systems were begun during the

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colonization period and that's why many farming places of the village acquired Italian names.Hanevic Kurt, Emnetu Eritrea, List of Eritrean Villages, Seraye-Tekela p18EriTv, 26June-2013, Agricultural news of AdiAda The people of Adi-Ada are

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who are followers of the

Eritrean Orthodox church The Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ( ti, ቤተ ክርስትያን ተዋህዶ ኤርትራ) is one of the Oriental Orthodox Churches with its headquarters in Asmara, Eritrea. Its autocephaly was recognised by Pope Shenouda III of Alexandri ...

, Saint Micheal (እንዳ ሚካኤል) church was there hundreds years before. Now the village built additional Trinity (እንዳ ስላሴ) church on a small hill called Kurba wedi gede (ኩሩባ ወዲ ገደ) and while digging the ground at the hill they found an old traditional instruments such as water pots and is now in a museum in Asmara for extra studies as it mentioned by the national Media Eri-TV.Ancient pots found in Adi-Ada, EriTv news April 25, 2019

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