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Tigray

Northern Ethiopia is the historic heartland of . Administratively, it consists of most of Amhara, all of Tigray, and the northern part of Afar.
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  • Type: State with 5,440,000 residents
  • Description: regional state of Ethiopia
  • Also known as: “Region 1”, “State of Tigray”, “The State of Tigray”, “Tigrai”, “Tigrai State”, “Tigray Federal State”, “Tigray n”, “Tigray National Regional State”, “Tigray Region”, “Tigray Regional National State”, “Tigray Regional State”, and “Tigray State”

Tigray

Latitude
13.8813° or 13° 52′ 53″ north
Longitude
39.1275° or 39° 7′ 39″ east
Population
5,440,000
Elevation
1,975 metres (6,480 feet)
Open location code
7G5XV4JG+GX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 321732070
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
444187
Wiki­data ID
Q200127
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Tigray” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Tigrai-streek”
  • Afrikaans: “Tigray-streek”
  • Amharic: “Tigray Kilil”
  • Amharic: “ትግራይ ክልል”
  • Amharic: “ትግራይ”
  • Arabic: “إقليم تغراي”
  • Arabic: “تجراي”
  • Arabic: “تغراي”
  • Arabic: “تگراي”
  • Arabic: “تيجراي”
  • Arabic: “تيجري”
  • Arabic: “تيغراي”
  • Armenian: “Տիգրայ”
  • Basque: “Tigray eskualdea”
  • Basque: “Tigray”
  • Belarusian: “Тыграй”
  • Bengali: “তিগ্রে অঞ্চল”
  • Breton: “Tigrae”
  • Breton: “Tigray”
  • Breton: “Tigre”
  • Bulgarian: “Тиграй”
  • Catalan: “Regió de Tigré”
  • Catalan: “Regió del Tigré”
  • Catalan: “Regio Tigray”
  • Catalan: “Regio Tigre”
  • Catalan: “Regió Tigré”
  • Catalan: “Tigre”
  • Central Bikol: “Rehiyon Tigray”
  • Chinese: “提格里州”
  • Chinese: “提格雷州”
  • Chinese: “提格雷省”
  • Croatian: “Regija Tigraj”
  • Croatian: “Tigraj”
  • Czech: “Tigraj”
  • Danish: “Tigray Region”
  • Danish: “Tigray”
  • Dutch: “Tigrai”
  • Dutch: “Tigray-regio”
  • Dutch: “Tigray”
  • Dutch: “Tigre”
  • Dutch: “Tigrie”
  • Dutch: “Tigrië”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تيجراى”
  • Esperanto: “Regiono Tigrajo”
  • Esperanto: “Tigrajo”
  • Esperanto: “Tigray”
  • Estonian: “Tigray osariik”
  • Finnish: “Tigray”
  • Finnish: “Tigré”
  • French: “Tigré”
  • Galician: “Rexión de Tigray”
  • Georgian: “ტიგრაის რეგიონი”
  • German: “Tigray”
  • German: “Tigre”
  • Greek: “Τηγκράι”
  • Greek: “Τιγκράι”
  • Gujarati: “ટાયગ્રે પ્રદેશ”
  • Hebrew: “טיגראי”
  • Hebrew: “טיגרה”
  • Hebrew: “טיגרי”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז טיגראי”
  • Hebrew: “פרובינציית טיגראי”
  • Hebrew: “פרובינצית טיגראי”
  • Hebrew: “תגראי”
  • Hebrew: “תיגראי”
  • Hindi: “तिग्राय प्रदेश”
  • Hungarian: “Tigré”
  • Indonesian: “Region Tigray”
  • Italian: “regione dei Tigrè”
  • Italian: “Regione dei Tigrè”
  • Italian: “Regione di Tigrè”
  • Italian: “Tigray”
  • Japanese: “チグレ州”
  • Japanese: “ティグレ州”
  • Kannada: “ಟಿಗ್ರೆ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Kirghiz: “Тыграй”
  • Korean: “티그라이”
  • Korean: “티그라이주”
  • Latvian: “Tigrajas kiliks”
  • Lithuanian: “Tigrajų regionas”
  • Malay: “Tigray Region”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Tigray”
  • Maltese: “Reġjun ta‘ Tigray”
  • Maltese: “Tigre”
  • Marathi: “टायग्रे प्रदेश”
  • Nepali: “टिग्रे क्षेत्र”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tigray”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tigrayregionen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tigray”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tigrayregionen”
  • Norwegian: “Tigray”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Estat regional de Tigrai”
  • Oromo: “Naannoo Tigraay”
  • Persian: “استان تیگرای”
  • Persian: “منطقه تیگرای”
  • Polish: “Tigraj”
  • Polish: “Tigray”
  • Portuguese: “Região Tigré”
  • Portuguese: “Tigray”
  • Portuguese: “Tigré”
  • Romanian: “Statul Tigray”
  • Russian: “Тигре”
  • Russian: “Тыграй”
  • Serbian: “Region Tigraj”
  • Serbian: “Регион Тиграј”
  • Serbian: “Тиграј”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Regija Tigraj”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Regija Tigray”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tigray”
  • Sinhala: “ටිග්රේ කලාපය”
  • Slovenian: “Tigraj”
  • Spanish: “Región de Tigray”
  • Spanish: “Tigray”
  • Spanish: “Tigre”
  • Spanish: “Tigré”
  • Swahili: “Jimbo la Tigray”
  • Swahili: “Jimbo la Tigre”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Tigray”
  • Swahili: “Tigray”
  • Swedish: “Tigray”
  • Tamil: “டிக்ராய் பகுதி”
  • Tamil: “திக்ரே பிரதேசம்”
  • Telugu: “టిగ్రే ప్రాంతం”
  • Thai: “ไรเกร รีเจี้ยน”
  • Tigrinya: “ትግራይ”
  • Tigrinya: “ክልል ትግራይ”
  • Turkish: “Tigray Bölgesi”
  • Turkish: “Tigre Bölgesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Тиграй”
  • Urdu: “تیگراے ریجن”
  • Urdu: “تیگراے علاقہ”
  • Venetian: “Rejon de i Tigrè”
  • Vietnamese: “Tigray (vùng)”
  • Vietnamese: “Tigray”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Tigray (rehiyon)”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Tigray”
  • Western Armenian: “Թիկրէյ”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ ٹگرے”
  • Wolaytta: “Tigiraye”
  • Wu Chinese: “提格雷州”
  • Yue Chinese: “提格雷州”
  • Zulu: “Tigray Region”

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