Welkait

Welkait
ወልቃይት
Wolkait
Woreda
Welkait highlighted in red
Welkait highlighted in red
Country Ethiopia
Region Tigray
Area
 • Total3,374.52 km2 (1,302.91 sq mi)
Population
 (2007)
 • Total138,926

Welkait (also spelled Welkayt, Wolkait or Wolqayt) is a woreda in Western Zone, Tigray Region.[1] This woreda is bordered to the north by Humera and to the south by Tsegede.[2] It is bordered on the east by the North West Zone; the woredas of Tahtay Adiyabo and Asgede Tsimbla lie to the north-east, on the other side of the Tekezé River, and Tselemti to the east. The administrative center of Welkait is Addi Remets; other towns in the woreda include Mai'gaba and Awura.

Map from 1935 with Welkait as its own region
  1. ^ Wosenyelew, Tedla (August 21, 2021). "Welkait, Ethiopia: Geo Strategic importance and the Consequential Annexation by TPLF". Horn of Africa Insight.
  2. ^ United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (27 March 2013). "Ethiopia Administrative Map" (PDF). Relief Web. Retrieved 4 April 2018.