Idaga Hamus

Idaga Hamus (Tigrigna "Thursday Market") is a town in northern Ethiopia. Located 80 kilometers north of Mekele in the Mirabawi Zone of the Tigray Region (or "kilil") of Ethiopia, this town has a latitude and longitude of coord|14|11|N|39|34|E with an elevation of 2670 meters above sea level.

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Idaga Hamus has an estimated total population of 8,474 of whom 3,962 were males and 4,512 were females. [ [http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics] , Table B.4] The 1994 census reported it had a total population of 4,883 of whom 2,110 were males and 2,773 were females. It is the largest settlement in Tsegede woreda.

A number of rock-hewn churches have been reported near this town which include: Debre Zakarios Giyorgis and Cherqos, a collapsed one at Dengelat, Guwahigot Yesus and Yohannes, and Tahcot Maryam Tsiyon. [http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/i/ORTIA.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"] (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 6 May 2008)]

Records at the Nordic Africa Institute website provide details of the primary school in 1968. Idaga Hamus sheltered a significant number of refugees during the Eritrean-Ethiopian War of 1998-2000. [ [http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Hornet/tigray01.html Evacuee report during Eritrean-Ethiopian War] ]

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