For the modern day region, see Tigray Region. For other uses of Tigray, see Tigray.
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Tigray Province" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR(May 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)
Location of Tigray within the Ethiopian Empire
Tigray Province (Amharic and Tigrinya: ትግራይ), also known as Tigre (Amharic: ትግሬ tigrē), was a historical province of northern Ethiopia that overlayed the present day Afar and Tigray regions. Akele Guzai borders with the Tigray province. It encompassed most of the territories of Tigrinya-speakers (and a few minority groups) in Ethiopia. Tigray was separated from the northern Tigrinya speaking territories by the Mareb River, now serving as the state border to Eritrea (formerly Eritrea Province),[1] with the Tekezé River separating it from the Amhara dominated south.
The great majority of inhabitants were Orthodox Christians (95.5% in 1994), with the exception of a small, but important Muslim subgroup (Jeberti) and a few Catholics (mainly Irob). Protestantism is only a very recent urban phenomenon. Despite a general impression of ethnic and cultural homogeneity, there were a few ethnic minorities, especially at the borders of Tigray, belonging to a non-Tigrinya groups, such as the Saho-speaking Irob at the north-eastern border to Eritrea, the Raya Oromo in the south-east, the Agaw-speaking H̬amta in Abergele north of Wag, a few Kunama in the Habesha Kunama woreda east of Humera, and scattered peripheral groups in the western lowlands across the tekeze, such as the Chare of the Sellim Bet (related with the Gumuz) and Tukrir in the Humera area.
Tigray went through numerous administrative changes in the course of its history. In 1991 Tigray was radically reshaped. During the reign of Haile Selassie I and also the following Derg period, Tigray did not yet encompass Wolkait (until 1991 having been part of Begemder), while Enderta in eastern Tigray extended over large Afar areas including the salt plains, which were given to the Afar Region. Still, in the 1930s the regions south of Enderta, i.e. Wajjarat and Angot, formed the separate governorate called "Southern Tigray".[citation needed] Tigray is the result of a merger of diverse historical northern provinces (with Tigrinya and Agaw speakers), which were often independent from each other.[clarification needed][citation needed]
^Smidt, Wolbert (2010). "Təgray". In Uhlig, Siegbert (ed.). Encyclopaedia Aethiopica. Vol. O–X. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. pp. 888–895.
TigrayProvince (Amharic and Tigrinya: ትግራይ), also known as Tigre (Amharic: ትግሬ tigrē), was a historical province of northern Ethiopia that overlayed...
Look up tigray in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tigray may refer to: Tigray Region, a region of Ethiopia TigrayProvince, a province of Ethiopia until...
Dejazmach of his hereditary province of Semien, and later as the conqueror and non-Tigrean ruler of the TigrayProvince and other coastal territories...
Tigrayans (Tigrinya: ተጋሩ) are a Semitic-speaking ethnic group indigenous to the Tigray Region of northern Ethiopia. They speak the Tigrinya language, an Afroasiatic...
characters. The Tigray Region, officially the Tigray National Regional State, is the northernmost regional state in Ethiopia. The Tigray Region is the homeland...
romanized: k’edamay Weyane, lit. 'first Woyane') was an uprising in TigrayProvince, Ethiopia against the centralization process from the government of...
The Tigray War was an armed conflict that lasted from 3 November 2020 to 3 November 2022. The war was primarily fought in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia...
and the prince of Semien province who became the virtual ruler of all of northern Ethiopia after his conquest of Tigrayprovince and parts of modern day...
Agawmedir (Zimbriee), in the province of Gojjam to his mother Woizero Kafay, daughter of Ras Wale Betul Abba Tattan, Viceroy of Tigray. His father was Ras Mangasha...
Gugsa Araya Selassie. Gugsa Araya Selassie was the Shum of eastern TigrayProvince as well as the great grandson of Emperor Yohannes IV. In April 1932...
(Leult) Zenebework was married to the hereditary prince of eastern TigrayProvince, Dejazmach Haile Selassie Gugsa, a great-grandson of Emperor Yohannes...
Garray; baptismal name: Za-Manfas Qedus; 1780 – 1831) was a governor of TigrayProvince of the Ethiopian Empire from 1822 to 1831. Sabagadis gained some notoriety...
Tekezé River, and north of Lake Tsana. It was south of TigrayProvince, west of Tembien Province, and east of the Sudan. To some extent it covered the...
district of Tigrayprovince. On the east, it was bordered by the Enderta Province.[citation needed] The original capital of the province was Melfa, west...
Italians were then forced to withdraw to more defensible positions in TigrayProvince, where the two main armies faced each other. By late February 1896...
Wollo. Following defeating the Italians in 1941, there were revolt in TigrayProvince, also known as the Woyane Rebellion, the most internal threat that...
as regent of a series of weak emperors. He was also a Ras or governor of Tigray 1748–71 and again from 1772 until his death. He was a major political figure...
Wolde Selassie (Tigrinya: ወልደስላሴ; c.1736 - 28 May 1816) was Ras of the Tigrayprovince between 1788 and 1816, and Regent of the Ethiopian Empire between 1797...
to build several churches in location of Lake Tana, Begemder and in TigrayProvince. One of the church called Saint Mariam was founded together after debilitating...
Ras Mengesha Yohannes (Tigrinya: መንገሻ ዮሓንስ; 1868 – 1906) was governor of Tigray and a son of atse Yohannes IV (r. 1872-89). His mother was Welette Tekle...
learning with numbers, alphabet and history (Eritrea and north Ethiopia (Tigray-Province)). Ferrovia Eritrea Eritrean Railway (in Italian) Atlas of Eritrea...
northern province of Gondar. In February 1989, the Soviet refused to ship more arms, and series of defeat of the Derg evacuated the government from Tigray Province...
Retrieved 7 January 2018 "Higgins marvels at change in Ethiopia's Tigrayprovince". The Irish Times. 7 January 2018. "Live Aid: Against All Odds: Episode...
chairman of Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) he was also the president of the Tigray Region. His position as titular head of the Tigray Region was...
Retrieved 15 September 2011 "Higgins marvels at change in Ethiopia's Tigrayprovince". The Irish Times. 7 January 2018. "The nurse who inspired Live Aid"...
Global Information
