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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 ...
Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this town has a total population of 5,203, of whom 2,446 are men and 2,757 women. A total of 1,481 households were counted in this woreda, resulting in an average of 3.51 persons to a household, and 1,432 housing units. [1]
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.
Tsegede (Tigrinya: ጸገዴ) is a woreda in Tigray Region, Ethiopia, named after the historic province of Tsegede. Located in the Western Zone of Tigray, Tsegede is bordered on the south and west by the Amhara Region, on the northwest by Kafta Humera, and on the north by Welkait. The administrative center of this woreda is Ketema Nigus.
The Welkait question involves a controversial territorial dispute surrounding the Ethiopian area Welkait, which is situated in the present-day Tigray Region. Welkait had been an independent area but was incorporated within Begemder province, but after the Fall of the Derg in 1991, the area was given by the Tigray People's Liberation Front to ...
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.
However, these locals still had to travel to their local woreda centre for most local government services - often in a different direction. In 2018 and 2019, after multiple village discussions that were often vigorous in the more remote areas, 21 independent urban administrations were added and other boundaries re-drawn, resulting in an ...
The initial group was a protest movement that consisted of political activists advocating for the integration of Welkait, Kafta Humera, and Tsegede (officially located in the Tigray Region) into the Amhara Region since mid-2016. Many faced imprisonment under the TPLF-led government before being released in 2018, returning to politics and ...