Tahtay Koraro

Tahtay Koraro
ታሕታይ ቆራሮ
Location of Tahtay Koraro
Country Ethiopia
Region Tigray
ZoneSemien Mi'irabawi Zone
Area
 • Total
1,940.38 km2 (749.18 sq mi)
Population
 (2007)
 • Total
68,989

Tahtai Koraro (Tigrinya: ታሕታይ ቆራሮ, "Lower Koraro") is a woreda in Tigray Region, Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Mi'irabawi Zone, Tahtai Koraro is bordered on the southwest by Asigede Tsimbela, on the north by La'ilai Adyabo, and on the southeast by Medebai Zana. The town of Inda Selassie is surrounded by Tahtai Koraro.

Local landmarks in this woreda includes Mai Adrasha, an archeological site showing an uninterrupted chronological range from the Pre-Axumite through the Late Axumite periods (c. 800 BC - AD 700) - an indication of the site's importance both as a long-lived habitation in the area, and as the westernmost known example of this chronological range.[1]

  1. ^ Jacke Phillips and Tekle Hagos with Asfaw Arefaine, Sheila Boardman, Chester Cain, Mark Dover & Michael Harlow, "Combating the destruction of Ethiopia's archaeological heritage", Antiquity 78 No 302 (December 2004)