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The same analysis stated that the Tigrayan population of Begemder was 190,183 people, which made Tigrayans the second largest ethnicity. The study provided evidence that the majority of Tigrayans were in Welkait. Multiple linguistic and ethnic maps support this. 19th-century ethnic map from Ghent University, Belgium, depicting northern Ethiopia.
Welkait (also spelled Welkayt, Wolkait or Wolqayt) is a woreda in Western Zone, Tigray Region. [1] This woreda is bordered to the north by Humera and to the south by Tsegede . [ 2 ] It is bordered on the east by the North West Zone ; the woredas of Tahtay Adiyabo and Asgede Tsimbla lie to the north-east, on the other side of the Tekezé River ...
Welkait, Tsegede, Kafta Humera (now called Western Tigray) and Tselemti in the North Western Zone are part of the Tigray polity. Starting from the late 17th C., internal boundaries are clearly shown, with 37 maps (between 1683 and 1941) displaying a boundary that is located well south of the Tekeze River, or even south of the Simien mountains.
Handtke's map is 39 cm wide and 66 cm tall, and is printed on paper that has been bonded to fabric. The scale is approximately 1:5,600,000; relief is shown by short lines representing slope aspect and a general sense of steepness (hachures).The work was created in one of the few stronger cartographic publishing houses in 19thcentury Germany ...
The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 59,846, of whom 30,282 were men and 29,564 were women; 187 or 0.31% of its population were urban dwellers. The two largest ethnic groups reported in Tsegede were the Tigrayan (76.08%), and the Amhara (23.77%); all other ethnic groups made up 0.15% of the population.
Tigrayans (Tigrinya: ተጋሩ) are a Semitic-speaking ethnic group indigenous to the Tigray Region of northern Ethiopia. [5] [6] [7] They speak the Tigrinya language, an Afroasiatic language belonging to the Ethiopian Semitic branch.
During this period, Amharas are targeted to false accusation as a former oppressor in the imperial rule in veil of ethnic diversity. [14] The recognition of Welkait to Amhara led fierce violence. In 2016, the Welkait Committee members arrested and tortured after petitioning the Welkait question to Amhara. Zafie Atalay, a testimony told in 2020 ...
Kafta Humera (Tigrinya: ቃፍታ ሑመራ) is a woreda in Tigray Region, Ethiopia.Located in the Western Tigray of Tigray, Kafta Humera is bordered on the south by Tsegede, on the west by Sudan, by the Tekezé River which separates Kafta Humera from Eritrea on the north, on the east by the North Western zone, and on the southeast by Welkait.