AfricaEthiopiaTigray
Mek'ele
Tigray, Ethiopia · Africa
About Mek'ele
Mek'ele sits on the route: 20 minutes from Dolo.
Mek'ele is in Tigray, Ethiopia, with about 460,000 people. The nearest town is Dolo, about 18 km away.
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Mek'ele is in Tigray, Ethiopia, about 18 km from Dolo.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 457,900
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Region
- Tigray
- Timezone
- Africa/Addis_Ababa
- Coordinates
- 13.4967, 39.4753
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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