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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Services"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Services</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Services-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Agriculture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Agriculture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Agriculture</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Agriculture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Livestock" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Livestock"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.4</span> <span>Livestock</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Livestock-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Governance_and_politics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Governance_and_politics"> <div 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%82%D9%84%D9%89" title="مقلى – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="مقلى" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%8D%D0%BB%D0%B5" title="Мэкэле – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Мэкэле" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mek%27ele" title="Mek'ele – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Mek'ele" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekele" title="Mekele – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Mekele" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekele_(kapital_sa_rehiyon)" title="Mekele (kapital sa rehiyon) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Mekele (kapital sa rehiyon)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekele" title="Mekele – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Mekele" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mek%27ele" title="Mek'ele – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Mek'ele" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mek%E2%80%99ele" title="Mek’ele – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Mek’ele" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mek%E2%80%99ele" title="Mek’ele – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Mek’ele" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B5%CE%BA%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%B5" title="Μεκέλε – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μεκέλε" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekele" title="Mekele – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Mekele" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekele" title="Mekele – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Mekele" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekele" title="Mekele – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Mekele" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DA%A9%D9%84%D9%87" title="مکله – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مکله" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekele" title="Mekele – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Mekele" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makalle" title="Makalle – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Makalle" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A9%94%EC%BC%88%EB%A0%88" title="메켈레 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="메켈레" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A5%D5%AF%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%A5" title="Մեկելե – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Մեկելե" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mek%27ele" title="Mek'ele – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Mek'ele" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mek%27ele" title="Mek'ele – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Mek'ele" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekele" title="Mekele – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Mekele" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zu mw-list-item"><a href="https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekelle" title="Mekelle – Zulu" lang="zu" hreflang="zu" data-title="Mekelle" data-language-autonym="IsiZulu" data-language-local-name="Zulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiZulu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macall%C3%A8" title="Macallè – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Macallè" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%94_(%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%A8)" title="מקלה (עיר) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מקלה (עיר)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94" title="მეკელე – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მეკელე" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekelle" title="Mekelle – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Mekelle" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mek%27ele" title="Mek'ele – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Mek'ele" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekel%C4%97" title="Mekelė – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Mekelė" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mek%E2%80%99ele" title="Mek’ele – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Mek’ele" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%87_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89" title="مدينه ميكيلى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="مدينه ميكيلى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8D" title="Мэкэлэ – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="Мэкэлэ" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" data-language-local-name="Moksha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Мокшень</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%8D%D0%BB%D0%B5" title="Мэкэле – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Мэкэле" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mek%27ele" title="Mek'ele – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Mek'ele" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB" title="メックエル – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="メックエル" 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Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"><span class="mw-redirectedfrom">(Redirected from <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mek%27ele&redirect=no" class="mw-redirect" title="Mek'ele">Mek'ele</a>)</span></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Capital of Tigray Region, Ethiopia</div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Capital city and special zone in Tigray, Ethiopia</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media 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org">Mekelle</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native" lang="ti">መቐለ</div><div class="nickname ib-settlement-other-name">ሰሜናዊት ኮኾብ Mak'allè, Mekele, mäqälle, mek’elē</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Capital_city" title="Capital city">Capital city</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_zones_of_Ethiopia" title="List of zones of Ethiopia">special zone</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output 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tnone center"><div class="multiimageinner" style="width:287px;max-width:287px;border:none"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:285px;max-width:285px"><div style="border:1;;height:141px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ET_Mekele_asv2018-01_img19_pano_from_Choma_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/ET_Mekele_asv2018-01_img19_pano_from_Choma_%28cropped%29.jpg/283px-ET_Mekele_asv2018-01_img19_pano_from_Choma_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="283" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/ET_Mekele_asv2018-01_img19_pano_from_Choma_%28cropped%29.jpg/425px-ET_Mekele_asv2018-01_img19_pano_from_Choma_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/ET_Mekele_asv2018-01_img19_pano_from_Choma_%28cropped%29.jpg/566px-ET_Mekele_asv2018-01_img19_pano_from_Choma_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" 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class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:142px;max-width:142px"><div style="border:1;;height:185px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ET_Mekele_asv2018-01_img18_Choma_Cross_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/ET_Mekele_asv2018-01_img18_Choma_Cross_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-ET_Mekele_asv2018-01_img18_Choma_Cross_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/ET_Mekele_asv2018-01_img18_Choma_Cross_%28cropped%29.jpg/210px-ET_Mekele_asv2018-01_img18_Choma_Cross_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/ET_Mekele_asv2018-01_img18_Choma_Cross_%28cropped%29.jpg/280px-ET_Mekele_asv2018-01_img18_Choma_Cross_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3848" data-file-height="5127" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:141px;max-width:141px"><div style="border:1;;height:185px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mekele,_Ethiopia_2013_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Mekele%2C_Ethiopia_2013_-_panoramio.jpg/139px-Mekele%2C_Ethiopia_2013_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="139" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Mekele%2C_Ethiopia_2013_-_panoramio.jpg/209px-Mekele%2C_Ethiopia_2013_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Mekele%2C_Ethiopia_2013_-_panoramio.jpg/278px-Mekele%2C_Ethiopia_2013_-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2736" data-file-height="3648" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-caption">From top, left to right: Central Mekelle; Hawzen Square; Tekele Haymanot Church; Emperor <a href="/wiki/Yohannes_IV" title="Yohannes IV">Yohannes IV</a> Palace Museum; Meskel cross at Chom’a hill; Martyrs' Memorial Monument</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Nickname: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">The Northern Star(ሰሜናዊት ኮኾብ)</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mekelle_special_zone_in_Tigray_Region,_Ethiopia.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mekelle special zone"><img alt="Mekelle special zone" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Mekelle_special_zone_in_Tigray_Region%2C_Ethiopia.svg/250px-Mekelle_special_zone_in_Tigray_Region%2C_Ethiopia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="191" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Mekelle_special_zone_in_Tigray_Region%2C_Ethiopia.svg/375px-Mekelle_special_zone_in_Tigray_Region%2C_Ethiopia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Mekelle_special_zone_in_Tigray_Region%2C_Ethiopia.svg/500px-Mekelle_special_zone_in_Tigray_Region%2C_Ethiopia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="611" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Mekelle special zone</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="switcher-container"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ethiopia_adm_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mekelle is located in Ethiopia"><img alt="Mekelle is located in Ethiopia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Ethiopia_adm_location_map.svg/250px-Ethiopia_adm_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Ethiopia_adm_location_map.svg/375px-Ethiopia_adm_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, 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Ethiopia</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Horn_of_Africa_adm_location_map_(1).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mekelle is located in Horn of Africa"><img alt="Mekelle is located in Horn of Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Horn_of_Africa_adm_location_map_%281%29.svg/250px-Horn_of_Africa_adm_location_map_%281%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="260" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Horn_of_Africa_adm_location_map_%281%29.svg/375px-Horn_of_Africa_adm_location_map_%281%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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style="display:none">Show map of Horn of Africa</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Africa_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mekelle is located in Africa"><img alt="Mekelle is located in Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Africa_location_map.svg/250px-Africa_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="236" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Africa_location_map.svg/375px-Africa_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Africa_location_map.svg/500px-Africa_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1525" data-file-height="1440" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:33.078%;left:78.358%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Mekelle"><img alt="Mekelle" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Mekelle</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within Africa</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Africa</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Mekelle&params=13_29_49_N_39_28_37_E_region:ET-TI_type:city(525475)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">13°29′49″N</span> <span class="longitude">39°28′37″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">13.49694°N 39.47694°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">13.49694; 39.47694</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Ethiopia" title="Regions of Ethiopia">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tigray_Region" title="Tigray Region">Tigray</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_zones_of_Ethiopia" title="List of zones of Ethiopia">Zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Mekelle Special Zone</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">(vacant as of 30 March 2021<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mekelle&action=edit">[update]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AddisStand_Ataklti_resigns_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AddisStand_Ataklti_resigns-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,254 m (7,395 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2023)<sup id="cite_ref-CSA_2007_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSA_2007-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">525,475</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2023)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">545,635</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B3" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+3">UTC+3</a> (<a href="/wiki/East_Africa_Time" title="East Africa Time">EAT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">(+251) 14</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Climate</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Semi-arid_climate#Hot_semi-arid_climates" title="Semi-arid climate">Hot semi-arid</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Mekelle</b> (<a href="/wiki/Tigrinya_language" title="Tigrinya language">Tigrinya</a>: <span lang="ti">መቐለ</span>), or <b>Mek'ele</b>, is a <a href="/wiki/List_of_zones_of_Ethiopia" title="List of zones of Ethiopia">special zone</a> and <a href="/wiki/Capital_city" title="Capital city">capital</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Tigray_Region" title="Tigray Region">Tigray Region</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a>. Mekelle was formerly the capital of <a href="/wiki/Enderta_province" class="mw-redirect" title="Enderta province">Enderta</a> <a href="/wiki/Awrajja" title="Awrajja">awraja</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tigray_Province" title="Tigray Province">Tigray</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is located around 780 kilometres (480 mi) north of the Ethiopian capital <a href="/wiki/Addis_Ababa" title="Addis Ababa">Addis Ababa</a>, with an elevation of 2,254 metres (7,395 ft) above sea level. Administratively, Mekelle is considered a Special Zone, which is divided into seven sub-cities. It is the economic, cultural, and political hub of northern Ethiopia. </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Addis_Ababa" title="Addis Ababa">Addis Ababa</a>, with a population of around 545,000.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is 4 times larger than <a href="/wiki/Adigrat" title="Adigrat">Adigrat</a>, the second-largest regional center. The majority of the population of Mekelle depends on government employment, commerce, and small-scale enterprises. In 2007, Mekelle had new engineering, cement, and textile factories, producing for the local and foreign markets. <a href="/wiki/Mekelle_University" title="Mekelle University">Mekelle University</a> developed out of the pre-1991 Arid Agricultural College, and about a dozen other governmental and private colleges were created.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mekelle&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Mekelle" title="Timeline of Mekelle">Timeline of Mekelle</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origins">Origins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mekelle&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mekelle is believed to have evolved from a 13th-century hamlet called Enda Meseqel (later Enda Medhane Alem), becoming a town by the early 19th century, when <i>ras</i> <a href="/wiki/Wolde_Selassie" title="Wolde Selassie">Wolde Selassie</a> of <a href="/wiki/Enderta_Province" title="Enderta Province">Enderta</a> made <a href="/wiki/Antalo" title="Antalo">Antalo</a> his seat of power, and the region of Mekelle (40 kilometres (25 mi) to the north) his recreational center.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the tax records of <i>atse</i> <a href="/wiki/Tewodros_II" title="Tewodros II">Tewodros II</a>, Mekelle appears as a tributary district within Enderta with a <i>negarit</i> of its own.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="19th_century">19th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mekelle&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 19th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> The credit for Mekelle's growth into a regional capital goes to <i>atse</i> <a href="/wiki/Yohannes_IV" title="Yohannes IV">Yohannes IV</a> who made Mekelle political capital of his expanding state. He must have chosen the place for its strategic proximity both to rich agricultural areas (of <a href="/wiki/Raya_Azebo" title="Raya Azebo">Raya Azebo</a>) and to the <a href="/wiki/Afar_Region" title="Afar Region">Afar</a> salt country. Mekelle's position on the route to <a href="/wiki/Shewa" title="Shewa">Shewa</a>, the power base of Yohannes's main rival <a href="/wiki/Menelik_II" title="Menelik II">Menelik</a> could have been another factor. Three institutions still important for modern Mekelle were founded by Yohannes. The grand palace built in 1882–84 by the Tigrayan engineer Engedashet Kassa Sehul (takes as an example the construction technique of other buildings present in the <a href="/wiki/Tigray_Region" title="Tigray Region">Tigrai</a> at the time of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Aksum" title="Kingdom of Aksum">Axumite kingdom</a> and the buildings of the peasants and sacred churches of the Tigrai) and forms the historic center of Mekelle. The large market Edaga Senuy ("Monday Market"). The church, at Debre Gennet Medhane Alem, built after the return from Raya Azebo campaign in 1871.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Enda_Yesus_(Church_of_Jesus)_Fort,_Mek%27ele,_Ethiopia,_ca._1890.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Enda_Yesus_%28Church_of_Jesus%29_Fort%2C_Mek%27ele%2C_Ethiopia%2C_ca._1890.JPG/220px-Enda_Yesus_%28Church_of_Jesus%29_Fort%2C_Mek%27ele%2C_Ethiopia%2C_ca._1890.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Enda_Yesus_%28Church_of_Jesus%29_Fort%2C_Mek%27ele%2C_Ethiopia%2C_ca._1890.JPG/330px-Enda_Yesus_%28Church_of_Jesus%29_Fort%2C_Mek%27ele%2C_Ethiopia%2C_ca._1890.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Enda_Yesus_%28Church_of_Jesus%29_Fort%2C_Mek%27ele%2C_Ethiopia%2C_ca._1890.JPG/440px-Enda_Yesus_%28Church_of_Jesus%29_Fort%2C_Mek%27ele%2C_Ethiopia%2C_ca._1890.JPG 2x" data-file-width="654" data-file-height="491" /></a><figcaption>Fort of Enda Eyesus (c. 1890)</figcaption></figure> <p>In the 1880s, Mekelle became Ethiopia's capital city. Among the factors that further accelerated Mekele's growth and urbanization were the establishment of residential quarters by the "nobility" and court servants, the prominence of the <i>amole</i> salt market and the subsequent establishment of local and foreign trading and occupational communities, and Mekelle's strategic position as a transit center for commodities of the long-distance trade routes of northeastern Ethiopia, attached to the Red Sea ports, and to northern and central Ethiopia.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By establishing a market in Mekelle, Yohannes could draw on the northern trade routes as well as the salt caravan routes to the town, capitalizing on his political leverage.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The succession of <i>atse</i> <a href="/wiki/Menelik_II" title="Menelik II">Menelik II</a> of Shewa signaled a trading reorientation from northern to southern Ethiopia (centered in Shewa). The new capital Addis Ababa quickly outstripped Mekelle, which, however, retained its political importance as the district and regional administration center of Enderta and <a href="/wiki/Tigray_Province" title="Tigray Province">Tigray</a> respectively through the 20th century, and its economic role in the Ethiopian salt trade. </p><p>During the Italian War of 1895–96, Mekelle became an important site in the conflict. After the fall of <a href="/wiki/Adwa" title="Adwa">Adwa</a> in spring 1895, <i>ras</i> <a href="/wiki/Ras_Mengesha_Yohannes" title="Ras Mengesha Yohannes">Mengasha Yohannes</a> retreated from his father's capital Mekelle following the advice of <i>atse</i> Menelik II. Mekelle was occupied by the Italians without a shot and integrated into the <i>Colonia Eritrea</i>; from here the Italians extended their occupation south, up to Ambalage.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Italian army established their fort near the Enda Eyesus church above Mekelle in October 1895. After the re-occupation of Ambalage in late 1895, the fort was besieged by Ethiopian troops, who cut the Italians' water supply. When the Italians surrendered in January 1896, Menelik allowed them to retreat to their stronghold <a href="/wiki/Adigrat" title="Adigrat">Adigrat</a>, probably hoping to prevent an escalation of the conflict, and he appointed his own governor over Enderta at Mekelle, <i>dejazmach</i> Tedla Abaguben, in order to check the rebellious Tigrayan princes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="20th_century">20th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mekelle&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 20th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Tigray_People%27s_Liberation_Front" title="Tigray People's Liberation Front">Tigray People's Liberation Front</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Depiction_of_Mussolini_in_Mekelle.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Depiction_of_Mussolini_in_Mekelle.jpg/220px-Depiction_of_Mussolini_in_Mekelle.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Depiction_of_Mussolini_in_Mekelle.jpg/330px-Depiction_of_Mussolini_in_Mekelle.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Depiction_of_Mussolini_in_Mekelle.jpg/440px-Depiction_of_Mussolini_in_Mekelle.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3500" data-file-height="2465" /></a><figcaption>Depiction of <a href="/wiki/Benito_Mussolini" title="Benito Mussolini">Benito Mussolini</a> in Mekelle in November 1935</figcaption></figure> <p>Three historical epochs sustained Mekelle's urbanization in the 20th century. The first was the advent of <i>dejazmach</i> Abreha Araya Demtsu, governor of Eastern Tigray with Mekelle as his capital. Abreha imitated his cousin Yohannes by establishing his own splendid palace (now the Hotel called Abreha Castle) on a hill facing the grand palace, a new Saturday Market (Edaga Senbet), and a new church, Selassie, all of which were situated to the south of Mekelle proper. Likewise, he attracted various occupational groups including Muslim traders, women service vendors, and army retainers. Consequently, in the 1920s and early 1930s, Mekelle witnessed a remarkable growth in trade. <i>Dejazmach</i> <a href="/wiki/Haile_Selassie_Gugsa" title="Haile Selassie Gugsa">Haile Selassie Gugsa</a> renovated the Palace in the center to use it as his seat. </p><p>The second phase occurred during the Italian occupation (1935–41). The Italians, who occupied the town in November 1935, contributed considerably to its modernization. They built a military airport and a fort at Enda Eyesus (now the main compound of <a href="/wiki/Mekelle_University" title="Mekelle University">Mekelle University</a>); reorganized roads, telephone lines, offices and residences; and installed modern water pipelines, electricity, clinics, postal services, cinema hall and resort/sport centers. They also expanded Edaga Senbet by introducing corrugated iron shops. This also attracted foreign entrepreneurs (Greeks, Arabs and Armenians). Mekelle, then divided into two zones; Italian and Native, grew about twice its former size. In 1938, there were shops, two Italian-style restaurants and Hotel Amba Aradam with four rooms. There were post, telephone, and telegraph offices, and a hospital. An important market was held on Mondays.<sup id="cite_ref-guida_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guida-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Starting from May 1943, Mekelle was in the hands of the leaders of the <a href="/wiki/Woyane_rebellion" title="Woyane rebellion">Woyane rebellion</a> against the then weak restored Haile Selassie government. British air bombardment of the town of September–October caused heavy damage. In October Mekelle was recaptured by the Ethiopian government forces.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The third phase in Mekelle's urban development took place mainly during 1942–74. Modern urban sectors were diversified, and new administrative offices were established. The Mekelle municipality (founded 1942), telecommunications and post office, Commercial Bank and the <i>atse</i> Yohannes Elementary (in 1952) and Secondary School (in 1960) were established. The master plan was issued in 1962. Small-scale enterprises such as oil refineries, soap mills, leather and caning bags, costumes and flour mills were established until 1974. Most of the industrial establishments, however, have declined, degraded or closed during the <a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Civil_War" title="Ethiopian Civil War">Ethiopian Civil War</a> (1974-1991). </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9385_famine_in_Ethiopia" class="mw-redirect" title="1983–85 famine in Ethiopia">1983–85 famine in Ethiopia</a>, Mekelle was notorious for the seven "hunger camps" around the city. These housed 75,000 refugees with 20,000 more waiting to enter. During March 1985, 50 to 60 people died in these seven camps every day. In February 1986, the <a href="/wiki/Tigray_People%27s_Liberation_Front" title="Tigray People's Liberation Front">Tigray People's Liberation Front</a> (TPLF) released 1,800 political prisoners from the Mekelle prison in a daring military action. The operation was named <i>Agazi,</i> after one of the founding fighters of the TPLF, who had been killed in the second year of the <a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Civil_War" title="Ethiopian Civil War">Ethiopian Civil War</a>. </p><p>In a series of offensives launched on 25 February 1988, TPLF fighters bypassed Mekelle but took control of <a href="/wiki/Maychew" title="Maychew">Maychew</a>, <a href="/wiki/Korem" title="Korem">Korem</a> and other places along the Dessie-Mekelle road. By June 1988, TPLF controlled all of Tigray except the city of Mekelle and the territory a radius of 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) around the city. In response, the Derg had a number of villages around Mekelle burned on June 4 and 5, which included Addi Gera, Bahri, Goba Zena, Grarot, Issala, and Rabea. It was not until 25 February 1989 that Mekelle was also occupied by the TPLF, after the government position in Tigray had collapsed. Near the end of the civil war, Mekelle was bombed by the <a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Air_Force" title="Ethiopian Air Force">Ethiopian Air Force</a> on 27 and 29 October 1989, resulting in the deaths of at least 31 people.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 5 June 1998, the <a href="/wiki/Eritrea" title="Eritrea">Eritrean</a> Air Force bombed Ayder School in Mekelle during the <a href="/wiki/Eritrean-Ethiopian_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Eritrean-Ethiopian War">Eritrean–Ethiopian War</a> killing twelve. A monument pays respects to this tragedy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="21st_century">21st century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mekelle&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 21st century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Tigray_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Tigray War">Tigray War</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mekele.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Mekele.jpg/220px-Mekele.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Mekele.jpg/330px-Mekele.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Mekele.jpg/440px-Mekele.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="576" /></a><figcaption>An <a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Air_Force" title="Ethiopian Air Force">Ethiopian Air Force</a> airstrike launched at Mekelle during the <a href="/wiki/Tigray_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Tigray War">Tigray War</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ET_Mekele_asv2018-01_img17_Abreha_Castle.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/ET_Mekele_asv2018-01_img17_Abreha_Castle.jpg/220px-ET_Mekele_asv2018-01_img17_Abreha_Castle.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/ET_Mekele_asv2018-01_img17_Abreha_Castle.jpg/330px-ET_Mekele_asv2018-01_img17_Abreha_Castle.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/ET_Mekele_asv2018-01_img17_Abreha_Castle.jpg/440px-ET_Mekele_asv2018-01_img17_Abreha_Castle.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4785" data-file-height="4785" /></a><figcaption>Abreha Castle, now Abreha Castle Hotel, in January 2018</figcaption></figure> <p>On 29 December 2002, a riot broke out between <a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Orthodox" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethiopian Orthodox">Ethiopian Orthodox</a> and <a href="/wiki/Adventism" title="Adventism">Adventist</a> worshippers, over an Adventist prayer service being conducted in a stadium. Some Ethiopian Orthodox believers, upset by the display of public Adventist preaching, reportedly sparked the clashes by first throwing stones at Adventists gathered in the stadium, then by looting Adventist offices in the city. <a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_Ethiopia" title="Law enforcement in Ethiopia">Police</a> intervened to break up the riots, which resulted in five dead and three seriously injured. The police reported that 10 people were detained, but independent sources reported that the number was much larger. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Mission_in_Ethiopia_and_Eritrea" title="United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea">United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea</a> (UNMEE) headquarters was established in Mekelle in 2000 following the end of the Eritrean–Ethiopian War and continued until 30 July 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Tigray_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Tigray War">Tigray War</a>, attacks <a href="/wiki/Mekelle_offensive" title="Mekelle offensive">were carried out on Mekelle</a> by joint Ethiopian and Eritrean forces, including aerial bombardments. On 19 December 2020, an <a href="/wiki/EEPA" class="mw-redirect" title="EEPA">EEPA</a> report stated that Eritrean soldiers were in Mekelle, according to a resident and two diplomats receiving information from the ground. They stated that some soldiers were wearing Eritrean uniforms, whilst others wore Ethiopian uniforms but "spoke Tigrinya with an Eritrean accent and drove trucks without license plates."<sup id="cite_ref-eepa31_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eepa31-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 19 December 2020, there were multiple reports that the <a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_National_Defence_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethiopian National Defence Force">Ethiopian National Defence Force</a> (ENDF) were looting property from the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sur_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sur Company (page does not exist)">Sur Company</a> in Mekelle and transporting the loot to Addis Ababa.<sup id="cite_ref-eepa31_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eepa31-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the same day, police and TPLF absence led to lawlessness in Mekelle. Youth were especially targeted by ENDF soldiers. Civil servants in Mekelle were ordered back to work by the <a href="/wiki/Transitional_Government_of_Tigray" title="Transitional Government of Tigray">Transitional Government of Tigray</a>; few reported to work.<sup id="cite_ref-eepa31_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eepa31-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 20 December 2020, witnesses from Mekelle stated that artillery shelling had taken place before 28 November. The shelling destroyed houses in residential areas and killed civilians. In one case, a whole family was killed, leaving only a little boy alive. A doctor said that he personally saw 22 bodies. It was hard to take proper care of those wounded by the artillery due to a critical shortage of medical supplies.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Four planned <a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Airlines" title="Ethiopian Airlines">Ethiopian Airlines</a> flights from <a href="/wiki/Addis_Ababa" title="Addis Ababa">Addis Ababa</a> to Mekelle were cancelled on 20 December.<sup id="cite_ref-eepa32_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eepa32-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 21 December 2020, Federal Police Crime Prevention Sector Head, Deputy Commissioner General Melaku Fanta, told local media in Mekelle that arrest warrants have been issued against anyone who collaborated with the <a href="/wiki/TPLF" class="mw-redirect" title="TPLF">TPLF</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-eepa33_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eepa33-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 28 June 2021 Mekelle was recaptured by the <a href="/wiki/Tigray_Defense_Forces" title="Tigray Defense Forces">Tigray Defense Forces</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mekelle&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mekelle lies at an elevation of 2,254 metres (7,395 ft) above sea level (at the airport), close to the edge of the northern portion of the Ethiopian Rift Valley, on a Jurassic limestone plateau, in a semi-arid area with a mean annual rainfall of 714 millimetres (28.1 in).<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Except for a moderately dense eucalyptus cover on the hills in eastern edges of Mekelle and some exotic species of trees and shrubs lining the streets, the surrounding landscape is almost treeless. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cityscape">Cityscape</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mekelle&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Cityscape"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ET_Mekele_asv2018-01_img15_Martyrs_Memorial.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/ET_Mekele_asv2018-01_img15_Martyrs_Memorial.jpg/220px-ET_Mekele_asv2018-01_img15_Martyrs_Memorial.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/ET_Mekele_asv2018-01_img15_Martyrs_Memorial.jpg/330px-ET_Mekele_asv2018-01_img15_Martyrs_Memorial.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/ET_Mekele_asv2018-01_img15_Martyrs_Memorial.jpg/440px-ET_Mekele_asv2018-01_img15_Martyrs_Memorial.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7544" data-file-height="4244" /></a><figcaption>Martyrs' memorial and museum</figcaption></figure> <p>The martyrs' memorial monument pays respects to the over 60,000 TPLF fighters who died and over 100,000 fighters who were injured in the overthrow of the Marxist <a href="/wiki/Derg" title="Derg">Derg</a> regime in 1991. The monument is 51 metres (167 ft) tall and is located in Adi-Haki sub-city. The monument has many sculptures depicting the struggle of the peasants and fighters against the Derg soldiers.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Emperor_of_Ethiopia" title="Emperor of Ethiopia">Emperor</a> <a href="/wiki/Yohannes_IV_of_Ethiopia" class="mw-redirect" title="Yohannes IV of Ethiopia">Yohannes IV</a> in the 19th century became <a href="/wiki/Negus" title="Negus">Negus</a> and built a castle and <a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Orthodox_Tewahedo_Church" title="Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church">Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo</a> churches in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The castle was constructed by Ethiopian engineer <i>Lij</i> Ingidashet and Italian engineer <a href="/wiki/Giacomo_Naretti" title="Giacomo Naretti">Giacomo Naretti</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NAI-web_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NAI-web-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The castle complex now serves as a museum where the Emperor's throne, royal bed, ceremonial dress, rifles, and many other valuable historical collections can be seen. </p><p>Other notable landmarks include the churches Enda Gabir, Enda Yesus Mekelle Bete Mengist, Mekelle Iyesus, Mekelle Maryam, Mekelle Selassie, Enda Mariam Bugsa<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Mekelle Tekle Haymanot. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sub-cities">Sub-cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mekelle&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Sub-cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ET_Mekele_asv2018-01_img21_old_town.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/ET_Mekele_asv2018-01_img21_old_town.jpg/220px-ET_Mekele_asv2018-01_img21_old_town.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/ET_Mekele_asv2018-01_img21_old_town.jpg/330px-ET_Mekele_asv2018-01_img21_old_town.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/ET_Mekele_asv2018-01_img21_old_town.jpg/440px-ET_Mekele_asv2018-01_img21_old_town.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7126" data-file-height="4008" /></a><figcaption>Intersection near a shop in southern Mekelle in 2018</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mekele.webp" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Mekele.webp/220px-Mekele.webp.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Mekele.webp/330px-Mekele.webp.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Mekele.webp/440px-Mekele.webp.png 2x" data-file-width="1182" data-file-height="664" /></a><figcaption>Dejen Street in Mekelle in 2021</figcaption></figure> <p>Mekelle is divided into seven local administrations: Hawelti, Adi-Haki, Kedamay Weyane, Hadnet, Ayder, Semien and <a href="/wiki/Quiha" class="mw-redirect" title="Quiha">Quiha</a>. Within each local administration there are <i>kebeles</i> or <i>ketenas</i>. The subcities of Mekelle comprise the area formerly incorporated as Mekelle City. While falling under the jurisdiction of Mekele Special Zone Government, each subcity is also a borough with its own administrator, like other cities of Ethiopia. These officials oversee socio-economic development and run health, education, and utilities.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The sub-cities differ from other cities in having a unique administrative relationship with the regional government. Certain municipal functions, such as waterworks, sewerage, and fire-fighting, are handled by the Mekelle Government. To pay for the added administrative costs, the prefecture collects municipal taxes, which would usually be levied by the city. The "three central sub-cities" of Mekelle – Kedamay Weyane, Ayder and Hawelti – are the business core of the city, with a daytime population more than seven times higher than their nighttime population. Semien is unique occupied by many major factories. It is often called the "economic center" of the Tigray. </p><p>Mekelle special zone has been represented in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Peoples%27_Representatives" title="House of Peoples' Representatives">House of Peoples' Representatives</a> by Addis Alem Balema since 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mekelle&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The climate in this area is characterized by moderately warm temperatures year-round and distinct <a href="/wiki/Wet_season" title="Wet season">wet</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dry_season" title="Dry season">dry seasons</a>. The <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_Climate_Classification" class="mw-redirect" title="Köppen Climate Classification">Köppen</a> type for this climate is <a href="/wiki/Cool_semi-arid_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Cool semi-arid climate">cool semi-arid climate</a> (<i>BSk</i>); however it borders on both a <a href="/wiki/Subtropical_highland_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Subtropical highland climate">subtropical highland climate</a> (<i>Cwb</i>) and a <a href="/wiki/Hot_semi-arid_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Hot semi-arid climate">hot semi-arid climate</a> (<i>BSh</i>). </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Mekelle, elevation 2,070 m (6,790 ft), (1971–2000) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF7A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.7<br />(74.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.0<br />(77.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.0<br />(78.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.2<br />(79.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.2<br />(79.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.1<br />(80.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.9<br />(75.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.2<br />(73.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.1<br />(77.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.4<br />(75.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.3<br />(73.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8205; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.6<br />(72.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">24.7<br />(76.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFEBD7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.4<br />(45.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFE9D4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.6<br />(45.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFD6AD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.4<br />(50.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFC993; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.3<br />(54.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFC993; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.3<br />(54.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFC993; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.3<br />(54.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFC993; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.3<br />(54.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFC993; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.3<br />(54.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.9<br />(51.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4A9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.7<br />(51.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.0<br />(48.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.0<br />(44.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFD6AD; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">10.4<br />(50.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #FCFFFC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.0<br />(0.08) </td> <td style="background: #F5FFF5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.0<br />(0.24) </td> <td style="background: #DFFFDF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.0<br />(0.83) </td> <td style="background: #C1FFC1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40.0<br />(1.57) </td> <td style="background: #D0FFD0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.0<br />(1.22) </td> <td style="background: #C4FFC4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.0<br />(1.50) </td> <td style="background: #00C600; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">209.0<br />(8.23) </td> <td style="background: #00AE00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">225.0<br />(8.86) </td> <td style="background: #C4FFC4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.0<br />(1.50) </td> <td style="background: #FAFFFA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.0<br />(0.12) </td> <td style="background: #F5FFF5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.0<br />(0.24) </td> <td style="background: #FDFFFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.0<br />(0.04) </td> <td style="background: #B0FFB0; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">620<br />(24.43) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #3030FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">54 </td> <td style="background: #3838FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">52 </td> <td style="background: #3B3BFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">51 </td> <td style="background: #4343FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">49 </td> <td style="background: #5656FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">44 </td> <td style="background: #4F4FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">46 </td> <td style="background: #0000E6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73 </td> <td style="background: #0000D7; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">77 </td> <td style="background: #1D1DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">59 </td> <td style="background: #3F3FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">50 </td> <td style="background: #3434FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">53 </td> <td style="background: #2C2CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">55 </td> <td style="background: #2C2CFF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">55 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: FAO<sup id="cite_ref-FAO_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FAO-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mekelle&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mekelle_Cross.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Mekelle_Cross.jpg/220px-Mekelle_Cross.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Mekelle_Cross.jpg/330px-Mekelle_Cross.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Mekelle_Cross.jpg/440px-Mekelle_Cross.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1298" data-file-height="709" /></a><figcaption>A holy cross for celebration of the <a href="/wiki/Meskel" title="Meskel">Meskel</a> holiday is located on the mountains in the east of the city.</figcaption></figure> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white;margin:auto;position:relative;width:200px;height:200px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:100px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 1728.0177607462px; border-left-color:Purple"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:Purple"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:Purple"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 829.26781259067px; border-left-color:Yellow"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:Yellow"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:Yellow"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 447.37428292116px; border-left-color:Blue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:Blue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:Blue"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p>Ethnic groups of Mekelle in 1994<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Blue; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Tigrayans" title="Tigrayans">Tigrayan</a> (96.5%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Yellow; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Amhara_people" title="Amhara people">Amhara</a> (1.59%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Purple; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Eritrea" title="Eritrea">Eritreans</a> (0.99%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; color:black;"> </span> Other (0.92%)</div> </div> </div></div><p>There were about 5,000 inhabitants in 1935; by 1938, the town counted approximately 12,000 inhabitants (including 100 Italians).<sup id="cite_ref-guida_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guida-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the <a href="/wiki/Central_Statistical_Agency_(Ethiopia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Statistical Agency (Ethiopia)">Central Statistical Agency</a> of Ethiopia (CSA), this town has a total population of 215,914 people (104,925 men and 110,989 women). The two largest ethnic groups reported in Semien Mi'irabawi were the <a href="/wiki/Tigrayans" title="Tigrayans">Tigray</a> (96.2%), and <a href="/wiki/Amhara_people" title="Amhara people">Amhara</a> (2.26%); all other ethnic groups made up 1.54% of the population. <a href="/wiki/Tigrinya_language" title="Tigrinya language">Tigrinya</a> is spoken as a first language by 95.55%, and <a href="/wiki/Amharic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Amharic language">Amharic</a> by 3.18%; the remaining 1.27% spoke all other primary languages reported. 92.68% of the population said they were <a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Orthodox_Christianity" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity">Orthodox Christians</a>, and 6.03% were <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Ethiopia" title="Islam in Ethiopia">Muslim</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CSA_2007_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSA_2007-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 1994 national census reported the population of Mekelle as 96,938 people (45,729 men and 51,209 women). The two largest ethnic groups reported were the <a href="/wiki/Tigrayans" title="Tigrayans">Tigrayan</a> (96.5%), the <a href="/wiki/Amhara_people" title="Amhara people">Amhara</a> (1.59%), foreigners from Eritrea (0.99%); all other ethnic groups made up 0.98% of the population. <a href="/wiki/Tigrinya_language" title="Tigrinya language">Tigrinya</a> was spoken as a first language by 96.26%, and 2.98% spoke <a href="/wiki/Amharic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Amharic language">Amharic</a>; the remaining 0.76% spoke all other primary languages reported. 91.31% of the population practiced <a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Orthodox_Christianity" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity">Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity</a>, and 7.66% were <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Ethiopia" title="Islam in Ethiopia">Muslim</a>. Concerning <a href="/wiki/Education_in_Ethiopia" title="Education in Ethiopia">education</a>, 51.75% of the population were considered literate, which is more than the Zone average of 15.71%; 91.11% of children aged 7–12 were in primary school; 17.73% of the children aged 13–14 were in junior secondary school; and 52.13% of the inhabitants aged 15–18 were in senior secondary school. Concerning <a href="/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_Ethiopia" title="Water supply and sanitation in Ethiopia">sanitary conditions</a>, about 88% of the urban houses had access to safe drinking water at the time of the census, and about 51% had toilet facilities.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mekelle&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Monday_market,_Mek%27ele_04.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Monday_market%2C_Mek%27ele_04.jpg/220px-Monday_market%2C_Mek%27ele_04.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Monday_market%2C_Mek%27ele_04.jpg/330px-Monday_market%2C_Mek%27ele_04.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Monday_market%2C_Mek%27ele_04.jpg/440px-Monday_market%2C_Mek%27ele_04.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3386" data-file-height="2487" /></a><figcaption>Marketplace in Mekelle.</figcaption></figure> <p>Mekelle is one of Ethiopia's principal economic and educational centers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Manufacturing">Manufacturing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mekelle&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Manufacturing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Local industry includes Mesfin Industrial Engineering, a steel fabrication and manufacturing factory, which also has car assembly line and Messebo Cement Factory, northern Ethiopia's principal <a href="/wiki/Cement" title="Cement">cement</a> production facility. Both companies are owned and managed by the Endowment Fund for the Rehabilitation of Tigray (EFFORT).<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The $100 million Mekelle Industrial park hosts many foreign textiles companies and employs approximately 20,000 people. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Services">Services</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mekelle&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There has been a boom in hotel services for tourism and conferences due to predominant place Mekelle holds in northern Ethiopia. The development of healthcare services has greatly aided in improving the quality of life of Mekelle's inhabitants. A $3.5 million modern referral public health laboratory was constructed by the US CDC to serve as a training site as well as providing quality assurance for Tigray's hospitals and medical laboratories.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Agriculture">Agriculture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mekelle&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Agriculture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Soil_in_Inderta" title="Soil in Inderta">Soil in Inderta</a></div><p>Mekelle is surrounded by agrarian villages that sell their crops to the urban population in the markets. Traditionally there is a market on Saturday and Monday where a wide variety of produce and livestock is available for sale, in addition to salt from Afar. </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Livestock">Livestock</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mekelle&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Livestock"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Abergelle Slaughterhouse, funded by the Dejenna Endowment, began operations in late 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance_and_politics">Governance and politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mekelle&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Governance and politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city council is Mekelle's legislative body and the city is administered by a mayor and seven local administrators. One of Mekelle's mayors was Daniel Assega (or <i>Daniel Assefa</i>).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> During the <a href="/wiki/Tigray_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Tigray War">Tigray War</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ataklti_Haile_Selassie" title="Ataklti Haile Selassie">Ataklti Haile Selassie</a> was mayor of Mekelle under the <a href="/wiki/Transitional_Government_of_Tigray" title="Transitional Government of Tigray">Transitional Government of Tigray</a> from mid-December 2020<sup id="cite_ref-FanaBC_mayor_Ataklti_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FanaBC_mayor_Ataklti-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> through to his resignation on 30 March 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-AddisStand_Ataklti_resigns_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AddisStand_Ataklti_resigns-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AddisStand_Ataklti_resignation_explanation_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AddisStand_Ataklti_resignation_explanation-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mekelle&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:004a_Mekelle_Airport.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/004a_Mekelle_Airport.jpg/220px-004a_Mekelle_Airport.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/004a_Mekelle_Airport.jpg/330px-004a_Mekelle_Airport.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/004a_Mekelle_Airport.jpg/440px-004a_Mekelle_Airport.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Alula_Aba_Nega_Airport" title="Alula Aba Nega Airport">Alula Aba Nega Airport</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transport">Transport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mekelle&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mekelle is linked by all-weather roads to Addis Ababa and Aksum, and has an airport, <i>Ras</i> <a href="/wiki/Alula_Aba_Nega_Airport" title="Alula Aba Nega Airport">Alula Aba Nega International Airport</a> (<a href="/wiki/ICAO" class="mw-redirect" title="ICAO">ICAO</a> code HAMK, <a href="/wiki/IATA" class="mw-redirect" title="IATA">IATA</a> MQX). Intercity bus service is provided by the <a href="/wiki/Selam_Bus_Line_Share_Company" title="Selam Bus Line Share Company">Selam Bus Line Share Company</a>, and its city bus service is provided by Amora buses. </p><p>Mekelle is the terminal station of the electric <a href="/wiki/Weldiya%E2%80%93Mekelle_Railway" title="Weldiya–Mekelle Railway">Weldiya–Mekelle Railway</a> (under construction), connecting Mekelle with Addis Ababa and Djibouti. The line does not touch Mekelle itself, but ends <a href="/wiki/Qwiha" title="Qwiha">Qwiha</a>, one of the sub-cities in the special region of Mekelle. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education">Education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mekelle&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Publicly run kindergartens, <a href="/wiki/Elementary_school" class="mw-redirect" title="Elementary school">elementary schools</a> (years 1 through 6), and <a href="/wiki/Junior_high_school" class="mw-redirect" title="Junior high school">junior high schools</a> (7 through 9) are operated by local wards or municipal offices. Public <a href="/wiki/High_school" class="mw-redirect" title="High school">high schools</a> in Mekelle are run by the Tigray Education Bureau. Mekelle also has many private schools from kindergarten through high school. </p><p>Mekelle has several universities, junior colleges, and vocational schools. Many of Ethiopia's most prestigious universities are in Mekelle, including <a href="/wiki/Mekelle_University" title="Mekelle University">Mekelle University</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mekelle_Institute_of_Technology" title="Mekelle Institute of Technology">Mekelle Institute of Technology</a>. Nejashi Ethio-Turkish International Schools and <a href="/wiki/Closys_College" title="Closys College">Closys College</a> are private schools in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mekelle&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Mekelle_70_Enderta_F.C." title="Mekelle 70 Enderta F.C.">Mekelle 70 Enderta F.C.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dedebit_F.C." title="Dedebit F.C.">Dedebit F.C.</a> are the local <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> teams from the city; both have been competing in the Ethiopian Premier League. A local market has been held every Monday since at least 1890. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_relations">International relations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mekelle&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: International relations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mekelle is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Millennium_Cities_Initiative" title="Millennium Cities Initiative">Millennium Cities Initiative</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Twin_towns_–_sister_cities"><span id="Twin_towns_.E2.80.93_sister_cities"></span>Twin towns – sister cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mekelle&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Twin towns – sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mekelle is <a href="/wiki/Sister_city" title="Sister city">twinned</a> with: </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel"><img alt="Israel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/21px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/32px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/41px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ramla" title="Ramla">Ramla</a>, Israel<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img 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