Enderta (woreda)

Enderta
እንደርታ
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Country Ethiopia
Region Tigray
ZoneDebub Misraqawi (Southeastern)
Area
 • Total
3,175.31 km2 (1,225.99 sq mi)
Population
 (2007)
 • Total
114,297

Enderta (Tigrinya: እንደርታ; also transliterated as ʾƎndärta[1]) is one of the woredas in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. It was named for the former Enderta province, which was later merged into Tigray Province. Located in the Debub Misraqawi (Southeastern) Zone at the eastern edge of the Ethiopian highlands Enderta is bordered on the south by Hintalo Wajirat, on the west by Samre, on the northwest by the Mehakelegnaw (Central) Zone, on the north by the Misraqawi (Eastern) Zone, and on the east by the Afar Region; the city and special zone of Mek'ele is an enclave within Enderta. Towns in Enderta include Aynalem and Qwiha; the historic village of Chalacot is also located in this woreda.

At least one monolithic church is located in this woreda: a dedication to Mikael in the village of Zahero, which lies in the eastern part.

Maryam Bahrawti church forest in Mereb Mi'iti
  1. ^ Nosnitsin, Denis (2013). Churches and Monasteries of Tǝgray. Supplement to Aethiopica. Vol. 1. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-06969-4.