Adi Quala

Province

Adi Kwala ( Tigrinya: ዓዲ ዃላ, also Addi Kwala, Adikwala, Adi Qala ) is a city in Eritrea. It is located in the Debub region about 36 km from the capital Asmara and 24 km from Mareb, on the road from Asmara to Gonder.

During the Battle of Gundet between Egyptians and Ethiopians in November 1875 Adi Kwala served as the Egyptian military depot. In the colonial period, Italian goods Adi Kwala have been exported to Ethiopia. The population in 1938 was estimated at around 550. There are a number of monasteries in the area and an Italian monument to the Battle of Adwa in 1896 fallen. The border town is still of importance.

Swell

  • Ezra Gebremedhin: ʿ Addi Kwala, in: Siegbert Uhlig (ed.): Encyclopaedia aethiopica, Volume 1, 2003, ISBN 3-447-04746-1
  • Location in Eritrea
  • Debub
  • Place in Africa
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