Metekel Zone is located in Benshangul-Gumuz of Ethiopia. It is bordered on the south and southwest by Kamashi, on the west by Sudan, and on the north and east by the Amhara region. The Abay River defines the Zone's boundaries with Kamashi, while the Dinder River defines part of its boundary with the Amhara region.
The administrative center of Metekel Zone is Gilgil Beles; other towns include Manbuk. The highest point is Mount Belaya (3,131 meters), which is part of the Dangur range.
MIDROC Gold reported in 2009 that it was exploring the Zone for gold deposits.[1]
^Minassie Teshome, "Ethiopia: Midroc Signs Up for Second Gold Mine", Addis Fortune 29 November 2009 (accessed 29 April 2010)
MetekelZone is located in Benshangul-Gumuz of Ethiopia. It is bordered on the south and southwest by Kamashi, on the west by Sudan, and on the north and...
The Metekel massacre was a massacre that took place on the night of 22–23 December 2020, in the MetekelZone of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region,Ethiopia....
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already occurring violations in various places: Oromia, Benishangul-Gumuz (MetekelZone), Tigray, the SNNPR, and the Amhara regions. The Amhara and Agew peoples...
Agaw peoples. The Awi live in Agew Awi Zone in central Gojjam and have a few communities in the MetekelZone of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region. The Awi...
majority of the MetekelZone of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region, and the rest becoming the Agew Awi, the West Gojjam and the East Gojjam Zones of the Amhara...
family (see Omotic languages). They live north of the Blue Nile in the MetekelZone of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region and number around 87,000 individuals...
4 million newly displaced people. Starting in 2019, in the Metekel conflict, fighting in the MetekelZone of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region in Ethiopia has reportedly...
police near Bahir Dar on 24 June. Starting in June 2019, fighting in the MetekelZone of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region in Ethiopia has reportedly involved militias...
live in the Agew Awi Zone of the Amhara Region, but there are also communities speaking the language in various areas of MetekelZone of the Benishangul-Gumuz...
town in western Ethiopia, named after a local tribe. Located in the MetekelZone of Benishangul-Gumuz, Dibate has a latitude and longitude of 10°39′N...
Ababa to Bahir Dar and the road leading west towards Chagni and into MetekelZone. The older town of Injibara is situated approximately 5 km (3.1 mi) north...
village itself. Beles River and Gilgil Beles, a river and a town in MetekelZone of Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia Beles Hydroelectric Power Plant...
the Nilo-Saharan family. Most Ethiopian speakers live in Kamashi Zone and MetekelZone of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region, although a group of 1,000 reportedly...
Bulen is a town in western Ethiopia. Located in the MetekelZone of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Bulen is the largest settlement in Bulen woreda. Based...
Tana. The administrative center of this woreda is Manbuk. Part of the MetekelZone, Dangur is bordered by Amhara Region in the northeast, by Pawe special...
Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia. Part of the MetekelZone, it is bordered on the south and west by the Kamashi Zone, on the north by the Beles River which separates...
police near Bahir Dar on 24 June. Starting in June 2019, fighting in the MetekelZone of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region in Ethiopia has reportedly involved militias...
Approximately 80 civilians were killed around the village of Daletti in MetekelZone, with opposition politicians blaming Gumuz militias. 13 January Tigray:...
Ethiopia. Part of the Kamashi Zone, Yaso is bordered by the Abay River on the north which separates it from the MetekelZone and the Amhara Region, by the...