Welkait (also spelled Welkayt, Wolkait or Wolqayt) is a woreda in Western Zone, Tigray Region.[1] This woreda is bordered to the north by Humera and to the south by Tsegede.[2] It is bordered on the east by the North West Zone; the woredas of Tahtay Adiyabo and Asgede Tsimbla lie to the north-east, on the other side of the Tekezé River, and Tselemti to the east. The administrative center of Welkait is Addi Remets; other towns in the woreda include Mai'gaba and Awura.
Map from 1935 with Welkait as its own region
^Wosenyelew, Tedla (August 21, 2021). "Welkait, Ethiopia: Geo Strategic importance and the Consequential Annexation by TPLF". Horn of Africa Insight.
^United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (27 March 2013). "Ethiopia Administrative Map" (PDF). Relief Web. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
Welkait (also spelled Welkayt, Wolkait or Wolqayt) is a woreda in Western Zone, Tigray Region. This woreda is bordered to the north by Humera and to the...
The Welkait question involves a controversial territorial dispute surrounding the Ethiopian area Welkait, which is situated in the present-day Tigray Region...
Immediately after TPLF secured governmental power in 1991, the Raya-Alamata and Welkait were annexed into the Tigray region. These lands have been ruled as southern...
the Rehabilitation of Tigray by its head Abadi Zemu. Azeb was born in Welkait in the Tigray region, and was raised in Gadarif, Eastern Sudan. She is...
the night of 9 to 10 November 2020, 600 civilians, mostly Amharas and Welkait, were killed in a massacre in the town of Mai Kadra with machetes and knives...
region from the TPLF rebel groups and take back the contested lands of Welkait-Tegede and Raya Azebo which were forcefully annexed and ethnically cleansed...
conquered thirty peoples. The second inscription tells how the people of Welkait rebelled and laid waste to Axum, and in response he carried off large numbers...
would not disarm until Metekel Zone and the Tigray Region districts of Welkait and Raya were returned to the control of Amhara Region. The federal government...
of 1870 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of the Welkait woreda. Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency...
during the Tigray War on 9–10 November 2020 in the town of Mai Kadra in Welkait (a disputed area between the Amhara and Tigray Regions) in northwestern...
identification to a past now seen as distasteful to the military junta. The Welkait controversy is the source of Amhara nationalism since 2016. During the...
for Benishangul-Gumuz Region's Metekel Zone, the northern districts of Welkait and Raya in Tigray, as well as the southern district of Dera to be placed...
(lit: Father of the Cloud) was an early 19th century governor of Semien, Welkait and Wogera. Haile Maryam tried to hold his hereditary possessions in the...
Endamekoni Korem Maychew Ofla Raya Azebo Western Zone Kafta Humera Tsegede Welkait North Western Zone Asgede Tsimbla La'ilay Adiyabo Medebay Zana Sheraro...
identity of indigenous Amhara people from Welkait as Amhara John, Sonja (2021-09-13). "Civil rights activists in Welkait give hope for peace and democracy in...
Prosperity Party federally. The Regional Government of Amhara recently annexed Welkait from Tigray during the Tigray War and administers the territory. "Ethiopia:...
constitution and recognition of the ethnic Amhara identity of the lands of Welkait, Raya, Metekel and Dera/Shewa. During this period, Ethiopian security forces...
History History of Western Tigray Welkait question 1995 Constitution of Ethiopia Eritrean–Ethiopian War border conflict Elections in Ethiopia 2005 election /...
the Amhara Region, on the northwest by Kafta Humera, and on the north by Welkait. The administrative center of this woreda is Ketema Nigus. Other towns...
(Gabriel of Semien) (died May 1815) was the governor of Semien, Tsegede, Welkait and Wogera during the late 18th and early 19th century in Ethiopia. He...
north, on the east by the North Western zone, and on the southeast by Welkait. Towns in Kafta Humera include Adi Hirdi and Humera. Prior to the Ethiopian...
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