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Agula
Sign in to saveAgula is a town located in northern Ethiopia. Located in the Debubawi (Southern) Zone of the Tigray Region, it lies about 32 km northeast of Mekelle, just east of the Mekelle to Addis Ababa highway, and 25 km north of Qwiha. It has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 1,930 metres above sea level. It is one of three towns in Kilte Awulaelo woreda. Nearby is a stream and a pass (elevation 2,030 metres) which share the same name. Agula was an important station on the salt caravan route from Dallol west to Atsbi.
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It is catalogued under the topic Populated places in the Tigray Region.
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Located in
- Eastern Zone, Tigray
- Elevation
- 1930
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- 20th Century
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Agula is a town located in northern Ethiopia. Located in the Debubawi (Southern) Zone of the Tigray Region, it lies about 32 km northeast of Mekelle, just east of the Mekelle to Addis Ababa highway, and 25 km north of Qwiha. It has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 1,930 metres above sea level. It is one of three towns in Kilte Awulaelo woreda. Nearby is a stream and a pass (elevation 2,030 metres) which share the same name. Agula was an important station on the salt caravan route from Dallol west to Atsbi.
== History == thumb|Old church at Agula visited by the 1868 expedition
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Agula” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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