Mekoni
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Mekoni
መኾኒ | |
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Town | |
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| Country | Error creating thumbnail: Ethiopia |
| Region | File:Flag of the Tigray Region.svg Tigray |
| Zone | Dubawi (Southern) |
| Woreda | Raya Azebo |
| Elevation | 2,479 m (8,133 ft) |
| Population (2007) | |
• Total | 9,419 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Mekoni, also Mehoni (Ge'ez: መኾኒ or መሆኒ), is a town in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. "Mekoni" (pronounced as 'Me-koni') is located at 657 km north of Addis Ababa along Ethiopian Highway 2 which runs to Mekelle (the capital city of Tigray region), Adigrat, Aksum, Shire and Humera with an altitude of 2479 m.
Economy
[edit | edit source]The town's economy is agriculturally focused. In recent years, there have been construction of irrigated and terraced farming in order to fight desertification.[1]
References
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