Dedebit (town)

Town in Tigray, Ethiopia

Dedebit

ደደቢት

Town

Dedebit

Location in Ethiopia

Coordinates: 14°04′16″N 37°45′44″E﻿ / ﻿14.0711°N 37.7623°E﻿ / 14.0711; 37.7623
Country|  Ethiopia
Region|  Tigray
Zone| North Western
Elevation

[1]

| 957 m (3,140 ft)
Time zone| UTC+3 (EAT)

Dedebit (Tigrinya: ደደቢት, de'de'bit) is a small village town in Asgede wereda in the Northwestern Zone of Tigray Regional State of Ethiopia. Dedebit is located about 361 kilometres (224 mi) North West of Mekelle. The town is bordered along the south by Adi Mehameday, southwest and west by the Tekezé River which separates the village from Qorarit town, to the north by Tahtay Adiyabo woreda and to the east by Deguaduguigni. The administrative center of the village is also called Dedebit.

The town is known for being the place where the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), the armed movement that overthrew the Derg military dictatorship, was formed.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

During the Tigray War, on 7 January 2022, an airstrike by the Ethiopian Air Force targeted a camp of an internally displaced people in Dedebit, killing nearly 60 civilians; this act has been called a war crime by the UN and Human Rights Watch.[8]

## Demographics[edit]

Based on a 2021 unpublished census report, this town has a total population of 6376 out of which 3327 are male and 3049 are female. Most of the settlements are three to five individuals per household.

## References[edit]

1. ^ elevationmap.net. "Dedebit, Asgede Tsimbila, North Western, Ethiopia on the Elevation Map. Topographic Map of Dedebit, Asgede Tsimbila, North Western, Ethiopia". elevationmap.net. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
2. ^ Young, John (20 April 2006). Peasant Revolution in Ethiopia: The Tigray People's Liberation Front, 1975-1991. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521026062.
3. ^ Aregawi Berhe (2008). "A Political History of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (1975-1991): Revolt, Ideology and Mobilisation in Ethiopia" (PDF). Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (thesis) - via Horn of Africa Research and Knowledge Exchange Platform.
4. ^ "Tigray People's Liberation Front". Encyclopaedia Aethiopica. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. 2003.
5. ^ Kahsay, Berhane (9 February 2017). "Tigray Online, 2017, "TPLF: 42 Years Young Architect of Ethiopia's Resurgence from Pits to Economic prosperity"". Tigrai Online.
6. ^ Kahsay, Berhane (9 February 2014). "Tigray Online, 2014, "Woyane Tigray: 39 Years and Still Standing"". Tigrai Online.
7. ^ Berhe, Aregawi (2004). "Aregawi Berhe, 2004, "The Origins of the Tigray People's Liberation Front"". African Affairs. 103 (413): 569–592. doi:10.1093/afraf/adh024. JSTOR 3518491.
8. ^ "Ethiopia's Tigray conflict: Dozens killed in airstrike at camp, say aid staff". BBC News. 8 January 2022.