Dogu'a Tembien
ደጉዓ ተምቤን | |
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| Country |  Ethiopia |
| Region |  Tigray |
| Zone | Debub Misraqawi (Southeast) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,034 km2 (399 sq mi) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 126,953 |
Dogu'a Tembien (Tigrinya: ደጉዓ ተምቤን, "Upper Tembien", sometimes transliterated as Degua Tembien or Dägʿa Tämben[1]) is a woreda in Tigray Region, Ethiopia. It is named in part after the former province of Tembien. Nowadays, the mountainous district is part of the Southeastern Tigray Zone. The administrative centre of this woreda is Hagere Selam.
- ^ Nosnitsin, Denis (2013). Churches and Monasteries of Tǝgray. Supplement to Aethiopica. Vol. 1. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-06969-4.