Maimekden (or May Mekden) is a village in
Tigray Region
The Tigray Region (or simply Tigray; officially the Tigray National Regional State) is the northernmost Regions of Ethiopia, regional state in Ethiopia. The Tigray Region is the homeland of the Tigrayan, Irob people, Irob and Kunama people. I ...
, located 27 kilometers south of
Wukro
Wukro (also transliterated Wuqro, Tigrinya language, Tigrigna: ውቕሮ; also known as Wukro Kilte Awulaelo, Tigrinya language, Tigrigna: ውቕሮ ክልተ ኣውላዕሎ) is a small town and separate Districts of Ethiopia, woreda in Tigray R ...
. It is located on the crossing of
Ethiopian Highway 2 and the Mai Mekden river.
Administrative division
In
Imperial times, Maimekden used to be the administrative center of the
Wenberta woreda, part of the
Enderta Province
Enderta or Inderta () is a former Provinces of Ethiopia, historical province of Ethiopia; it is located in the eastern edge of the Tigray Region, Tigray highlands. Enderta is bordered on the west by Tembien Province, Tembien, on the south and sout ...
. Nowadays, the
new Wenberta district has its center in the town of
Atsbi and Maimekden is located in the
Kilte Awulaelo district with Wukro as its administrative center.
References
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Populated places in the Tigray Region