Hibret(
Ge'ez: ሕብረት), is a village town in
Asgede district in the
Tigray Region
The Tigray Region, officially the Tigray National Regional State, is the northernmost regional state in Ethiopia. The Tigray Region is the homeland of the Tigrayan, Irob, and Kunama people. Its capital and largest city is Mekelle. Tigray ...
of
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
located 52 km west of
Shire in the way from
Inda Aba Guna
Inda Aba Guna(Ge'ez: እንዳባጉና), is a town in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia located at 925 km north of Addis Ababa and 270 km north of Mekelle along the highway which runs from Shire (Tigray), Shire to Gondar.https://geographic.org/geog ...
to
Hitsats.
The town is the administrative center of the Hibret subdistrict (tabia) home to more than 10,000 residents. During the
Tigray war
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 between the Ethiopian federal government and Eritrea on one side, and the Tigray Peop ...
on 29 April 2021, more than 20 civilians were
killed by the
Ethiopian National Defence Forces
The Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) ( am, የኢፌዲሪ መከላከያ ሠራዊት, Ye’īfēdērī mekelakeya šerawīt, lit=FDRE Defense Force) is the military force of Ethiopia. Civilian control of the military is carried out t ...
in this village town.
References
Populated places in the Tigray Region
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