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Explore Baraco in Ethiopia
Baraco in the region of Tigray Region is a town in Ethiopia - some 340 mi or ( 548 km ) North of Addis Ababa , the country's capital city .
Current time in Baraco is now 08:14 PM (Wednesday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Addis Ababa " with a UTC offset of 3 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Al Hudaydah, Jizan, Djibouti, Massawa, and Mewk'er. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Al Hudaydah . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Baraco ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Ethiopia teaser - church extrem climbing
Teaser of my Ethiopia trip in 2011. Full movie coming soon! Gheralta is a part of Tigray region, very famous in Ethiopia for rock-hemn churches. Abuna Yemata Guh, built at the 15th century is the most ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Mereb Lehe
Mereb Lehe is one of the woredas in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mehakelegnaw Zone, it is bordered on the south by La'ilay Maychew, on the southwest by Tahtay Maychew, on the west by the Semien Mi'irabawi (North Western) Zone, on the north by the Mareb River (which separates it from Eritrea), on the east by Enticho, and on the southeast by Adwa. The administrative center of this woreda is Rama; other towns include La'ilay Merhisenay.
Located at 14.00 39.17 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Werie Lehe
Werie Lehe is one of the woredas in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mehakelegnaw Zone, Werie Lehe is bordered on the south by the Wari River which separates it from Kola Tembien, on the southwest by Naeder Adet, on the west by La'ilay Maychew, on the north by Adwa, on the northeast by Enticho, and on the east by the Misraqawi (Eastern) Zone. The administrative center of this woreda is Edaga Arbi; other towns in Werie Lehe include Maykinetal, and Nebelet.
Located at 14.00 39.17 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Hawzen (woreda)
Hawzen is one of the woredas in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Misraqawi Zone, Hawzen is bordered on the south by Kilte Awulaelo, on the west by the Mehakelegnaw (Central) Zone, on the north by Ganta Afeshum, and on the east by Saesi Tsaedaemba. Towns in Hawzen include Hawzen and Megab; villages include Koraro.
Located at 14.00 39.33 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tigray Province
Tigray was a province of Ethiopia. The Tigray Region superseded the province with the adoption of the new constitution in 1995. The province of Tigre (as it was known prior to the mid-1800s) merged with its neighboring provinces, including Semien, Tembien, Agame and the prominent Enderta province and towards the end of 19th century it came to be known as Tigray province.
Located at 14.00 39.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Battle of Adwa
The Battle of Adwa (also known as Adowa, or sometimes by the Italian name Adua) was fought on 1 March 1896 between the Ethiopian Empire and the Kingdom of Italy near the town of Adwa, Ethiopia, in Tigray. It was the climactic battle of the First Italo-Ethiopian War, securing Ethiopian sovereignty. As the 20th century approached, most of Africa had been carved up among the European powers.
Located at 14.02 38.97 (Lat./Long.); Less than 23 km away
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