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Explore K'ok'ah in Ethiopia

K'ok'ah in the region of Tigray Region is a town in Ethiopia - some 372 mi or ( 599 km ) North of Addis Ababa , the country's capital city .

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Current time in K'ok'ah is now 09:55 AM (Sunday) . 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, Abha, Djibouti, and Zela Ambesa. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Al Hudaydah . We encountered 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 K'ok'ah ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Zala part 1

5:19 min by man2ro
Views: 10935 Rating: 5.00

A reportage made with Costanza Francavilla (www.costanza.tv), shooting for the "Harmful Habits" project. We were in Zala Ambesà, Ethiopia borderline with Eritrea, this is what we saw. If anyone's inte ..

Meskel celebrations in Adigrat

0:22 min by Alex Little
Views: 2576 Rating: 5.00

Meskel festival in Adigrat ..


hARMFUL hABITS - a strange kind of solidarity - trailer 2009

5:23 min by embriodotnet
Views: 607 Rating: 5.00

embrio.net ©2009Promo video per Harmful Habits, un documentario sulle Modificazioni Genitali Femminili ideato da embrio.net | digital art lab e prodotto con il contributo dell'IISMAS e del Istituto Sa ..

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Interesting facts about this location

Adigrat

Adigrat is a city and separate woreda in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Located in the Misraqawi Zone at longitude and latitude {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:14|16|N|39|27|E||| |primary |name= }} with an elevation of 2457 meters above sea level, below a high ridge to the west, Adigrat is the last important Ethiopian city south of the border with Eritrea, and is considered to be a strategically important gateway to Eritrea and the Red Sea. It was part of Ganta Afeshum woreda.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 14.27 39.45 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Populated places in the Tigray Region

Debre Damo

Debre Damo is the name of a flat-topped mountain, or amba, and a 6th century monastery in northern Ethiopia. The mountain is a steeply rising plateau of trapezoidal shape, about 1000 by 400 meters in dimension. With a latitude and longitude of {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:14|22|21|N|39|17|24|E|type:mountain |primary |name= }}, it sits at an elevation of 2216 meters above sea level. It is located west of Adigrat in the Mehakelegnaw Zone of the Tigray Region.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 14.37 39.29 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Christian monasteries established in the 6th century, Christian monasteries in Ethiopia, Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo church buildings, History of Ethiopia

Gulomahda

Gulomakeda (also spelled Gulomahda) is one of the woredas in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Its name partly comes from the legendary Queen Makeda, also known as the Queen of Sheba. Part of the Misraqawi Zone, Gulomakeda is bordered on the south by Ganta Afeshum, on the west by the Mehakelegnaw (Central) Zone, on the north by Eritrea, on the east by Irob, and on the southeast by Saesi Tsaedaemba. Towns in Gulomakeda include Sebeya and Zalambessa.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 14.50 39.33 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: Tigray Region, Woredas of Ethiopia

Ganta Afeshum

Ganta Afeshum is one of the woredas in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Misraqawi Zone, Ganta Afeshum is bordered on the south by Hawzen, on the west by the Mehakelegnaw (Central) Zone, on the north by Gulomahda, and on the east by Saesi Tsaedaemba. Towns in Ganta Afeshum include Bizet. Town of Adigrat is surrounded by Ganta Afeshum. There are several local monolithic churches in this woreda, which include Mariyam Si'it and Samuel Mayaba (abandoned as of 1970).

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 14.33 39.25 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Tigray Region, Woredas of Ethiopia

Misraqawi Zone

Misraqawi (or "Eastern") is a Zone in the Ethiopian Region of Tigray. Misraqawi is bordered on the east by the Afar Region, on the south by Debub Misraqawi (South Eastern), on the west by Mehakelegnaw (Central) and on the north by Eritrea. Its highest point is Mount Asimba (3,250 m). Towns and cities in Misraqawi include Adigrat, Atsbi, Hawzen, and Wiqro.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 14.17 39.50 (Lat./Long.); Less than 24 km away
Tags: Tigray Region, Zones of Ethiopia