Adigrat

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Coordinates: 14 ° 16 '  N , 39 ° 27'  E

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Street scene in Adigrat

Adigrat is a city in the region of Tigray in Ethiopia and the seat of the diocese of Adigrat .

The city is located around 80 km north of Mek'ele near the border with Eritrea and is therefore an important gateway to the Red Sea. The city used to be a royal seat. Remnants of two castles, one by Dej Desta and another by Ras Sebhan , are still there. Today Adigrat is the capital of the Agame countryside. The Central Statistics Agency of Ethiopia puts the population for 2015 at 86,100.

Attractions

  • Cherkos Adigrat , a round church built in the 19th century on a hill near Dej Desta Castle .
  • Rock churches in the vicinity of Adigrat:
    • Mayaba Samuel
    • Mikael Kirsaba
    • Tsilalmao shouted
  • A little further away are two of the oldest rock-hewn churches in the Landes:
    • Wukro Cherkos
    • Abreha Atsbeha
  • To the west of the city is the Debre Damo monastery .

Climate table

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Adigrat
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 31 31 33 35 37 38 38 38 38 37 34 32 O 35.2
Min. Temperature (° C) 22nd 22nd 24 26th 28 29 30th 29 29 26th 24 22nd O 25.9
Temperature (° C) 26.5 26.5 28.5 30.5 32.5 33.5 34 33.5 33.5 31.5 29 27 O 30.6
Precipitation ( mm ) 5 22nd 13 4th 0 0 0 1 14th 0 0 0 Σ 59
Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 9 10 11 11 11 10 8th 8th 11 11 10 10 O 10
Rainy days ( d ) 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 Σ 10
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Eparchy Adigrat

Adigrat, with its Cathedral of the Holy Savior, is the seat of a diocese of the Ethiopian Catholic Church , which is united with the Roman Catholic Church . The OVC project of the diocese of Adigrat worked from 2010 through the Pontifical Mission Society Missio with Rahel-education project of the Institute for the World Church and Mission (IWM) of Philosophy and Theology Sankt Georgen Graduate School (Frankfurt) together, the disadvantaged young people supported in this region and accompanied them during their studies or training .

sons and daughters of the town

literature

  • Martin Fitzenreiter, Katrin Hildemann: Ethiopia. Reise Know-How Verlag, Bielefeld 2004, ISBN 3-8317-1299-9

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ethiopia: Regions, Major Cities & Towns - Population Statistics in Maps and Charts . CityPopulation.de, accessed on December 23, 2016 (English).
  2. ^ Judith Breunig, Madeleine Helbig, Claudia Berg, Stefanie Matulla, Magdalena Strauch, Marita Wagner, Benedikt Winkler: Rahel - An educational project for Adigrat . Festschrift of the student initiative - A look through time: 2010-2015. Institute for World Church and Mission, Frankfurt am Main June 2015.