Adua

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Adua
Landscape around Adua
State :	Ethiopia
Coordinates :	14 ° 10 ′  N , 38 ° 54 ′  E Coordinates: 14 ° 10 ′  N , 38 ° 54 ′  E
Height :	1,907 meters above sea level
Residents :	43,582 (2005)
Time zone :	EAT (UTC + 3)
Adua

Adua ( tigrinya ዓድዋ, Amharic አድዋ , in the correct transcription actually Adwa ), Italian Adua , is a city in northern Ethiopia , near the border with Eritrea with 43,582 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2005).

history

Adwa became known through the Battle of Adua on March 1, 1896, in which Ethiopian troops under Emperor Menelik II put an Italian army under Oreste Baratieri to flight. This victory prevented Italy from attempting to rule Ethiopia as a colony. Ethiopia remained independent and Italy could not expand its colonial empire in East Africa beyond Eritrea and Italian Somaliland .

Personalities

Born here:

• Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher (* 1940), professor of biology and environmental protection
• Paulos (1935–2012), fifth Patriarch and Catholicos of Ethiopia
• Meles Zenawi (1955–2012), former President of Ethiopia (1991–1995) and Prime Minister of the country 1995–2012

Web links

Commons : Adwa  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Adwa  - travel guide