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- Locality
- ዓድዋ / Adwa
- Region
- ትግራይ تجراى
- Country
- ኢትዮጵያ
- Population
- 85,600
- Timezone
- Africa/Addis_Ababa
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Adwa
- Settlement.native_name
- ዓድዋ
- Settlement.other_name
- Aduwa
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- City of Adwa, skyline from Drone camera, Oct 2018.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- City of Adwa
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ethiopia#Horn of Africa#Africa
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Ethiopia##Location within the Horn of Africa##Location within Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Zone
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Maekelay (Central)
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 1907
- Settlement.population_total
- 40500
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2007 Census
- Settlement.timezone
- EAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +3
- Settlement.population_est
- 114069
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Elevation
- 1907
- Official website
- www.adwa.gov.et
- Image
- Setting Up Shop (3134088336).jpg
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- Commons category
- Adwa
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Travel guide
Get around
Minibuses run to Yeha, taking 50 minutes and costing 13 birr. Be prepared for a bumpy ride. The last one back to Adwa leaves at about 4pm.
See
thumb|150px|A memorial to the Italian soldiers killed in the Battle of Adwa
Buy
Cheap souvenirs and strange treasures are available for sale from children outside the Yeha temple/church complex.
Sleep
There are several hotels in Adwa.
Go next
Axum to the west Adigrat to the east Hawzien to the south Mekele further to the south
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Climate
- History
- Origins
- 18th century
- 19th century
- 20th century
- 21st century
- Demographic evolution
- Sports
- Football
- Films
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Adwa (; ; also spelled Adowa or Aduwa) is a town and separate woreda in Tigray Region, Ethiopia. It is best known as the community closest to the site of the 1896 Battle of Adwa, in which Ethiopian soldiers defeated Italian troops, thus being one of the few African nations to directly thwart European colonialism. Located in the Central Zone of the Tigray Region, Adwa has a longitude and latitude of , and an elevation of 1907 meters. Adwa is surrounded by Adwa woreda.
Adwa is home to several notable churches: Adwa Enda-Gebri'el (built by Dejazmach Wolde Gebriel), Adwa Enda-Maryam (built by Ras Anda Haymanot), Adwa Edna-Medhane`Alem (built by Ras Sabagadis), Adwa Nigiste-Saba /Queen of Sheba secondary school, and Adwa Enda-Selasse. Near Adwa is Abba Garima Monastery, founded in the sixth century by one of the Nine Saints and known for its tenth century gospels. Also nearby is the village of Fremona, which had been the base of the 16th century Jesuits sent to convert Ethiopia to Catholicism. == Geography == === Climate ===
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