Ethiopia
Northern Ethiopia
Tigray

Adwa

Adwa is a city in the Tigray region of , not far south of the border with . The small village of Yeha is in the same area and its ancient temple is a bigger drawcard than anything in Adwa.
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  • Type: Town with 85,600 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Ethiopia
  • Also known as: “Adaba”, “Adowa”, “Aduwā”, “Ādwa”, and “Auda”

Adwa

Latitude
14.1671° or 14° 10′ 1″ north
Longitude
38.8912° or 38° 53′ 28″ east
Population
85,600
Elevation
1,895 metres (6,217 feet)
Open location code
7G6W5V8R+RF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9137631067
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
344797
Wiki­data ID
Q380096
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Adwa” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “አድዋ”
  • Amharic: “ዓድዋ”
  • Belarusian: “Адуа”
  • Bengali: “আদওয়া”
  • Catalan: “Adua”
  • Chinese: “阿杜瓦”
  • Chinese: “阿杜華”
  • Croatian: “Adva”
  • Czech: “Adua”
  • Czech: “Adwa”
  • Danish: “Adwa”
  • Dutch: “Adowa”
  • Dutch: “Adwa”
  • Finnish: “Adowa”
  • Finnish: “Adua”
  • French: “Adoua”
  • French: “Adwa”
  • German: “Adowa”
  • German: “Adua”
  • German: “Adwa”
  • Greek: “Αντόουα”
  • Gujarati: “અડવા”
  • Gun: “Adowa”
  • Hebrew: “עדווה”
  • Hungarian: “Adua”
  • Hungarian: “Adwa”
  • Indonesian: “Adowa”
  • Indonesian: “Adwa”
  • Irish: “Adwa”
  • Italian: “Abba Garima”
  • Italian: “Adowa”
  • Italian: “Adua”
  • Japanese: “アドワ”
  • Kannada: “ಅದ್ವಾ”
  • Latvian: “Adva”
  • Lithuanian: “Adva”
  • Lithuanian: “Adwa”
  • Malay: “Adwa”
  • Marathi: “अडवा”
  • N'Ko: “ߊߘߑߥߊ߬”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Adwa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Adwa”
  • Persian: “آدوا”
  • Polish: “Adowa”
  • Polish: “Adua”
  • Polish: “Aduwa”
  • Polish: “Adwa”
  • Portuguese: “Adwa”
  • Romanian: “Adwa”
  • Russian: “Адуа”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Adua”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Adva”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Adwa”
  • Sinhala: “අද්වා”
  • Slovak: “Adwa”
  • Slovenian: “Adva”
  • Slovenian: “Adwa”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آدوا”
  • Southern Dagaare: “Adowa Seɛre”
  • Spanish: “Adowa”
  • Spanish: “Adua”
  • Spanish: “Aduwa”
  • Spanish: “Adwa”
  • Swahili: “Adowa”
  • Swahili: “Adwa”
  • Swedish: “Adowa”
  • Swedish: “Adua”
  • Swedish: “Aduwa”
  • Swedish: “Adwa”
  • Swedish: “Slaget vid Adwa”
  • Tamil: “அடோவா”
  • Telugu: “అదవ”
  • Thai: “แอดวา”
  • Tigrinya: “ዓድዋ”
  • Turkish: “Adowa”
  • Turkish: “Adva”
  • Turkish: “Adwa”
  • Ukrainian: “Адуа”
  • Urdu: “ادوا”
  • Vietnamese: “Adwa”
  • Yue Chinese: “阿杜華”
  • Zulu: “Adwa, Itiyopiya”
  • Zulu: “Adwa”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Adwa”. Photo: Sailko, CC BY 3.0.