Mekele
Mekele is in the Tigrayan Highlands in Ethiopia. It is the capital of the Tigray region and has a population of 200,000.
- City with about 324,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 2,080 metres (6,840 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code MQX
- Description: the capital city in the northern Tigray Region of Ethiopia
- Also known as“(2) Mekelle, Mekele.”“Macalle”“Makale”“Maqalē”“Maqalle”“Mekelle”“Meqele”“መቐለ Mek’elē”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mekelle University.
Mekele
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Latitude
13.4967° or 13° 29′ 48″ north
Longitude
39.4768° or 39° 28′ 37″ east
OpenStreetMap ID
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Zulu—“Mekele” goes by many names.
መቀሌAmharic
መቐለAmharic
مقليهArabic
ميكيليArabic
ՄեկելեArmenian
Mek’eleAsturian
Mek’eleBasque
МэкэлеBelarusian
মেক’এলেBengali
Mek’eleBreton
MekeleCatalan
MekeleCebuano
默克萊Chinese
默格莱Chinese
默格萊Chinese
Mek’eleCroatian
MekeleCzech
Mek’eleDanish
Mek’eleDutch
MekelleDutch
مدينه ميكيلىEgyptian Arabic
ميكيلىEgyptian Arabic
Mek’eleEsperanto
Mek’eleEstonian
Mek’eleFinnish
MekelleFinnish
MakalleGalician
მეკელეGeorgian
ΜεκέλεGreek
મેકેલેGujarati
מאקלהHebrew
מקלהHebrew
मेक एलेHindi
Mek’eleHungarian
Mek’eleIndonesian
MekeleInterlingue
Mek’eleIrish
MacallèItalian
Mek’eleItalian
メケレJapanese
メックエルJapanese
ಮೆಕೆಲೆKannada
메켈레Korean
Mek’eleLatin
MekeleLatvian
MekelėLithuanian
Mek’eleMalay
मेके इलMarathi
МэкэлэMoksha
МэкэлеMongolian
Mek’eleNorthern Frisian
MekeleNorwegian
Mek´eleNorwegian Bokmål
MekeleNorwegian Nynorsk
مکلهPersian
Mek’elePolish
MekeliePolish
Mek’eleRomanian
МэкэлеRussian
MekeleSerbian
МекелеSerbian
Mek’eleSerbo-Croatian
Mek’eleShona
MekelieSilesian
මෙකෙලේSinhala
Mek’eleSlovenian
MekelleSomali
Mek’eleSwahili
MekelleSwahili
Mek’eleSwedish
МекелеTajik
மெக்கல்லேTamil
மெக்குவேலேTamil
మెకెలేTelugu
Mek’eleThai
มาคาเลThai
เมเคเลThai
መቐለTigre
መቐለTigrinya
Mek’eleTurkish
MekelleTurkish
МекелеUkrainian
میکیلےUrdu
MekelleUzbek
MacallèVenetian
MakaleVietnamese
MekeleWaray (Philippines)
MekelleWaray (Philippines)
MeqeleWolaytta
默克萊Yue Chinese
默格萊Yue Chinese
MekelleZulu
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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