Maimekden (or May Mekden) is a village in
Tigray Region, located 27 kilometers south of
Wukro. It is located on the crossing of
Ethiopian Highway 2 and the Mai Mekden river.
Administrative division
In
Imperial times, Maimekden used to be the administrative center of the
Wenberta
Atsbi Wemberta () is one of the Districts of Ethiopia, or ''woredas'', in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Located in the Misraqawi Zone at the eastern edge of the Ethiopian highlands, Atsbi Wenberta is bordered on the south by the Debub Misraqaw ...
woreda, part of the
Enderta Province. Nowadays, the
new Wenberta district has its center in the town of
Atsbi
Atsbi (Ge'ez: ኣጽቢ) (officially known as Atsbi Endaselase Ge'ez: ኣጽቢ እንዳስላሴ ) is a town in Tigray Region, Tigray, Ethiopia. Located in the Misraqawi Zone, Misraqawi (Eastern) Zone of the Tigray Region, about 50 kilometers nor ...
and Maimekden is located in the
Kilte Awulaelo district with Wukro as its administrative center.
References
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Populated places in the Tigray Region