Agame
ዓጋመ | |
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  Agame | |
| Coordinates: 13°57′N 39°13′E / 13.950°N 39.217°E | |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Province | Tigray Province |
| Government | |
| • Type | Monarchy |
| • Body | House of Agame |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,889 km2 (1,888 sq mi) |
| Dimensions | |
| • Length | 139.92 km (86.94 mi) |
| • Width | 66.39 km (41.25 mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 344,800 |
Agame (Tigrinya: ዓጋመ, lit. 'fruitful') is a province in northern Ethiopia. It includes the northeastern corner of the Ethiopian Empire, borders in Eritrea, Tembien, Kalatta Awlalo and Enderta in the south, and both the Eritrean and Ethiopian Afar lowlands in the east.[1] This relative location of Agame is at the strategic crossroads between the Red Sea and the northern Tigrayan plateau on the other. In pre-1991, Agame had a total area of about 4,889 square kilometres (1,888 sq mi) with an estimated population of 344,800.[2]
- ^ Ethiopia, Everything. "Sewasew | Agame (ዓጋመ)". en.sewasew.com. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ "Agamä". Encyclopaedia Aethiopica. Vol. 1. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. 2003. p. 137.