Wukro (also transliterated Wuqro, Tigrigna: ውቕሮ; also known as Wukro Kilte Awulaelo, Tigrigna: ውቕሮ ክልተ ኣውላዕሎ) is a small town and separate woreda in Tigray, Ethiopia. The population of Wukro was around 50,000 in 2013.[1] Wukro is located along Genfel River, in the Eastern Zone of the Tigray Region on the Asmara-Addis Ababa highway (Ethiopian Highway 2). Wukro is surrounded by Kilte Awulaelo woreda. The rock-hewn churches around Wukro are the town's most distinctive landmarks. Visually it can be characterised by one main road, few cars, yet many bajaj (three-wheeled auto-rickshaws) and hotels under construction. Hotels have been growing to serve conferences and to accommodate tourists departing to regional attractions.[2]
In earlier sources the area is usually referred to as Dongolo (Ge'ez: ዶንጎሎ) before the foundation of Wukro as a modern town, after the name of the main village nearby, while the term Wukro just referred originally to the church area of Wuqro Cherqos which was situated within the land of Dongolo village. Due to the establishment of modern infrastructure, including a far-distance road, the area around Wuqro Cherqos evolved into a town by itself, thus separated from Dongolo and became an economic and administrative centre by itself. The town's name derives from the Tigrigna word for a structure carved from the living rock, Wukro.[3]
Wukro comprises three urban kebeles (sub-cities): Agazi, Dedebit and Hayelom.[1]
Wukro has been described as "a rapidly growing small town of failing water services" (as of 2022).[2]
^ abGrasham, Catherine Fallon; Hoque, Sonia Ferdous; Korzenevica, Marina; Fuente, David; Goyol, Kitka; Verstraete, Lavuun; Mueze, Kibrom; Tsadik, Mache; Zeleke, Gete; Charles, Katrina Jane (2022). "Equitable urban water security: beyond connections on premises". Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability. 2 (4): 045011. doi:10.1088/2634-4505/ac9c8d. ISSN 2634-4505. Text was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
^ abKorzenevica, Marina; Fallon Grasham, Catherine; Johnson, Zoé; Gebreegzabher, Amleset; Mebrahtu, Samrawit; Zerihun, Zenawi; Ferdous Hoque, Sonia; Charles, Katrina Jane (2022). "Negotiating spaces of marginality and independence: On women entrepreneurs within Ethiopian urbanization and water precarity". World Development. 158: 105966. doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2022.105966. Text was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
^David W. Phillipson, Ancient Churches of Ethiopia (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009), p. 94
Wukro (also transliterated Wuqro, Tigrigna: ውቕሮ; also known as Wukro Kilte Awulaelo, Tigrigna: ውቕሮ ክልተ ኣውላዕሎ) is a small town and separate woreda in Tigray...
During the Tigray War, the town of Wukro was damaged heavily, and was the scene of numerous killings and massacres committed by the Ethiopian National...
Wukro Chirkos is an Orthodox Tewahedo monolithic church located in northern Ethiopia, on the northern edge of the town of Wukro near the main highway...
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Adigrat to Mekelle road 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) north of Wukro. It is located in Wukro woreda. Negash is considered to be the earliest Muslim settlement...
local monolithic churches in this woreda. These include Wukro Chirkos (at the edge of Wukro town), Abreha we Atsbeha, and Minda'e Mikael. The village...
businesses in Wukro remain water insecure to different degrees, primarily due to the unreliable and intermittent flow of water through the pipes. In Wukro, residents...
the war against the Italian aggression from 1935–1941 were brought from Wukro and Korem (northern Ethiopia), Harar (eastern Ethiopia) and Addis Ababa...
13th century. A now broken frieze with a Kufic inscription stored in the Wukro Chirkos church probably dates to the second half of the 11th century and...
Saesi Tsaedaemba in 26 July 1948. He went to school in the nearby city of Wukro and then joined Atse Yohannes High School in Mekelle. Kiros was a prolific...
November 2020 Adigrat 12 EDF after capture of town 27-28 November 2020 Wukro 220 EDF, ENDF killing spree accompanying the massive looting of the town...
soldiers. According to the Europe External Programme with Africa (EEPA), in Wukro over 200 people were killed and the town was left deserted. The Ethiopian...
and number Mekele I 034 440XXXX Mekele II 034 441XXXX Quiha 034 442XXXX Wukro 034 443XXXX Shire Endasselassie 034 444XXXX Adigrat 034 445XXXX Abi Adi...
casualties. On 16 November 2020, a series of airstrikes on the city of Wukro would inflict 14 civilian deaths.[citation needed] On 22 June 2021, an Ethiopian...
arrival in late November 2020, heavy bombing levelled homes and businesses in Wukro in Eastern Tigray sending plumes of dust and smoke rising above near-deserted...
a military command system. The rebels established their headquarters at Wukro. During the rainy season of 1943, the rebels under the leadership of Fitawrari...
narrow alluvial plains along the river, particularly up- and downstream of Wukro. The valley bottoms in the lower gorge of this river have been identified...
with the help of British air power, and captured the rebel headquarters at Wukro on 17 October 1943. The Emperor subsequently made him governor of Tigray...
article to make it clear that this church is not in or near the town of Wukro.) Ruth Plant described the pronaos and interior of Wkro Mariyam as "accurately...
District Hospital St. Mary's Hospital, Axum Sihul General Hospital Wukro District Hospital, Wukro During the Tigray War, most of the healthcare facilities in...
million loan to Ethiopia, part of which would be used to build a road between Wukro and Zalambessa. On 11 September 2018, the Serha-Zalambesa border crossing...
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