Tembien

For other uses, see Tembien (disambiguation).

Tembien (Tigrigna: ተምቤን) is a historic region in Tigray Region of Ethiopia]. It is a mountainous area of that country. During the reforms in 1994–95, the old provinces were replaced with regions, zones and woredas. The area of the former province is now split over the woredas of Dogua Tembien and Kola Tembien.[citation needed]

It was located east of the Semien Province, north of Abergele, and on the east, it was bordered by the Enderta Province.[citation needed]

The original capital of the province was Melfa, west of the current town of Hagere Selam;[1] later on Abiy Addi, nowadays located in Kola Tembien (Lower Tembien), became the capital. The region reached a highpoint in the Tsatsen mountains at 2828 meters above sea level, just south of Hagere Selam.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference smidt2007 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Jacob, M. and colleagues (2019). Geo-trekking map of Dogu'a Tembien (1:50,000). In: Geo-trekking in Ethiopia's Tropical Mountains - The Dogu'a Tembien District. SpringerNature. ISBN 978-3-030-04954-6.