Dela, Ethiopia

Dela
Dala
Country Ethiopia
Region Tigray
Zone Debubawi Zone
District Alaje
Time zone EAT (UTC+3)

Dela or Dala is a town in southern Tigray, Ethiopia. It is one of the larger towns in the Alaje district. Historically, Dela was the administrative and capital city of Bora-Selewa woreda, which was part of Enderta province, when Enderta was an independent province as well as an awraja as recent as the late 1990s.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Ethiopian Mapping Authority, 1997
  2. ↑ Sarah Vaughan, Ethnicity and Power in Ethiopia, PhD dissertation, p. 123, 2003

Coordinates: 13°00′25″N 39°20′45″E / 13.00694°N 39.34583°E / 13.00694; 39.34583

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