Global InformationMeteka information
Meteka | |
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  Meteka Location in Ethiopia | |
| Coordinates: 9°52′N 40°31′E / 9.867°N 40.517°E | |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Region | Afar Region |
| Zone | Administrative Zone 3 |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 1,579 (est) |
Meteka is a town in north-eastern Ethiopia. Located in Administrative Zone 3 of the Afar Region, 30 kilometers south of Gewane, it has a latitude and longitude of 9°52′N 40°31′E / 9.867°N 40.517°E with an elevation of 628 meters above sea level. It is one of two towns in Gewane woreda.
Meteka marks the southern boundary of the Meteka Wetlands, a marshy portion of the lowlands of the Awash River. Ten kilometers west of the town is Lake Hertali.[1]
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this town has an estimated total population of 1579, of whom 879 are men and 700 are women.[2]
- ^ Philip Briggs, Ethiopia: The Bradt Travel Guide, third edition (Chalfont St Peters: Bradt, 2002), p. 342
- ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics Archived 2008-07-31 at the Wayback Machine, Table B.4