Mekelle city 'MEKELLINA" -NEW-

Mek'ele is a city and woreda in northern Ethiopia. Located in Enderta which is in the Debubawi Zone, Mek'ele is the capital of the Tigray Region and home to the headquarters of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea. It is located some 650 kilometers north of the capital, Addis Ababa, at latitude and longitude 13°29′N 39°28′E with an elevation of 2084 meters above sea level.
Mek'ele is one of Ethiopia's principal economic and educational centers. Intercity bus service is provided by the Selam Bus Line Share Company. A new international standard airport, Alula Aba Nega Airport (ICAO code HAMK, IATA MQX), has been opened very recently, as well as northern Ethiopia's principal cement production facility. In May 2000, Mekelle University was created by the merger of Mekelle Business College and Mekelle University College.
There are two primary local landmarks in this city. The Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF) monument commemorating the struggle against and overthrow of the Derg, is visible from most of the city -
The other is the palace of Yohannes IV at the northern edge of Mek'ele. It was built at the Emperor's command by Giacomo Naretti, who had served Yohannes already at Debre Tabor, with the assistance of William Schimper, and completed in 1884.[1] The complex still stands and now serves as a museum, where the Emperors throne, royal bed, ceremonial dress, rifles and many other valuable historical collections can be seen.
Other notable landmarks include the churches Enda GabirEnda Yesus Mek'ele Bete Mengist, Mek'ele Iyesus Bete Kristiyan, Mek'ele Maryam Bete Kristiyan, Mek'ele Selassie Bete Kristiyan, and Mek'ele Tekle Haymanot Bete Kristiyan. Trans Ethiopia is the local soccer team. A local market has been held every Monday since at least 1890.

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[kingAbraha]

nice nice.....go go mekelle.

[SarongualMekelle]

Mekelle welela

[aabel2010]

it is good to see mekele flowrishing and prospering. The problem is that it is doing it at the cost of other Ethiopian cities and town,,just go to dire dawa and jimma to see the real decline of those places in the last 20 years.peace to all.

[TinnyChellyB]

you go tigrigna I love what you gugs do with city becuase my sister fight for freedom for the country.

[robel744]

@WTERARA Just be fair man ....these are the hero people unlike u hodam amaras keep losing in every aspect of life for the last 20 years !!!! Go go go home town mekelle baby !!!!!

[WTERARA]

Eski life Jemruna complexu Yilkekachu,Mekele lay dengai derarbeh Hawelt tisera endehone inji eheil abeklalew malet lemelfat yihon ena lela complex selemisnesa please timhert bitemaru degmo tiru new enilalen

[birhaneable]

She is Eden Gebreselassie

[birhaneable]

lv dis song soOoO much , Nd i miss mekelle adey marey shikorey halaley natey nabeyney.....just kulu negerey

[AsaJahsrv]

I like the song but I couldn't understand tigrigna I speak Amharic. What does the main message of the song.

[AsaJahsrv]

God willing in my visit after many years Mekele will be my stop in my "Agerihen Ewok" project for my self first. i will hvae a response vedio for you guade!

[tadelesh12]

@THEBADASSOROMO stop their dream alive, divided n slauter us 2control our history, cultur, resources...wake up!

The Scramble 4Africa: Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 Divide Africa the foreign ministers of fourteen European powers n the USA established ground rules 4the future exploitation "dark continent." Africans were not invited or made privy 2their decisions.

There is no such East African, Oromo, Kenya...we r nigro, black...catch hell racism poverty all over the world