Hayq, Ethiopia

Hayq ሐይቅ
Hayq, Ethiopia
Hayq Location in Ethiopia
Coordinates: 11°18′45″N 39°40′45″E / 11.31250°N 39.67917°E / 11.31250; 39.67917
Country	Ethiopia
Region	Amhara
Zone	Debub Wollo
Elevation	2,030 m (6,660 ft)
Population  (2005)
• Total	14,319 (est)
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
Area code	None

Hayq or Haik (Amharic: ሐይቅ) is a town in northern Ethiopia. It is named after Lake Hayq, which lies two kilometers east of the city and is the home of Istifanos Monastery, an important landmark in Ethiopian Church history. Located 28 kilometers north of Dessie in the Tehuledere woreda of the Debub Wollo Zone of the Amhara Region, the town has a latitude and longitude of 11°18′N 39°41′E / 11.300°N 39.683°E / 11.300; 39.683 and an elevation of 2,030 metres (6,660 ft) above sea level.

Telephone service reached the town of Hayq at some point between 1954 and 1967.^[1] Notable landmarks include the churches Hayq Timhirt and Hayq Yohannis. Near the town is the church of Hayq Tekle Haymanot, founded according to tradition in 862 by Saint Kalae Salama during the reign of king Dil Na'od.