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  2. Mekelle - Wikipedia

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    Mekelle has grown rapidly since 1991 with a population of 61,000 in 1984, 97,000 inhabitants in 1994 (96.5% being Tigrinya-speakers), and 170,000 in 2006 (i.e. 4% of the population of Tigray). Mekelle is the second-largest city in Ethiopia after Addis Ababa, with a population of around 545,000. [5]

  3. Mekelle offensive - Wikipedia

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    The Mekelle offensive was a military campaign fought at the start of the Tigray War between the national armed forces of Ethiopia and the Tigray Region.The Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) launched an offensive aimed at seizing the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) controlled regional capital of Mekelle starting on 17 November 2020.

  4. Mekelle 70 Enderta F.C. - Wikipedia

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    The team is named after the city it was founded in, Mekelle 70 Enderta (the capital of the northern Tigray Region of Ethiopia). The Club logo is a red circle, inside the circle are 2 red lions, in the middle that have Hawelti Semaetat statue, and at the top the castle of king Yohannes IV which are found in the city of Mekelle .

  5. Tigray forces say air strikes hit Ethiopia's Mekelle ... - AOL

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    ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -Rebellious Tigrayan forces accused the Ethiopian government of launching air strikes on the capital of Tigray region on Monday, and though a government official initially ...

  6. Ethiopia's civil war: Inside Tigray's capital Mekelle - AOL

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    As the war in Ethiopia's Tigray region intensifies, the BBC gets an exclusive report from its main city.

  7. 2020 Mekelle airstrikes - Wikipedia

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    The Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) killed dozens of civilians during the assault on Mekelle on 28 November 2020. [2] Tigray regional president Debretsion claimed that they were bombarding the city with artillery. [3] Ambulances rushed through the streets picking up dead and wounded after Ethiopian government artillery strikes. [1]

  8. Tigray Region - Wikipedia

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    The Tigray Region [A] (or simply Tigray; officially the Tigray National Regional State) [B] is the northernmost regional state in Ethiopia. The Tigray Region is the homeland of the Tigrayan, Irob and Kunama people. Its capital and largest city is Mekelle. Tigray is the fifth-largest by area, the fourth-most populous, and the fifth-most densely ...

  9. Mekelle kindergarten airstrike - Wikipedia

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    An initial Ethiopian government offensive captured Mekelle, the Tigrayan capital, and saw the war escalate into a low-level insurgency. [3] In 2021, a Tigrayan offensive reached the outskirts of the Ethiopian capital, but ultimately was pushed back. [ 4 ]