Dogu'a Tembien

Dogu'a Tembien
ደጉዓ ተምቤን
Location of Dogu'a Tembien
Country Ethiopia
Region Tigray
ZoneDebub 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.

  1. ^ Nosnitsin, Denis (2013). Churches and Monasteries of Tǝgray. Supplement to Aethiopica. Vol. 1. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-06969-4.