![]() ![]() The distribution of roads as per the type of construction materials shows that 190.85 km are gravel, 55.3 km asphalt, and 60.6 km cobblestone roads. The town has five inlet/outlet roads connecting it to different weredas in the zone, surrounding zones, towns in the region and Addis Ababa. The town gets grain products, livestock supply, natural resources (fuel wood, charcoal) and surplus labor from surrounding areas agricultural inputs as well as manufacturing and commercial products and some construction materials from Addis Ababa while the city serves as market center for surrounding areas. Mekele has economic linkages with the surrounding areas, towns in the region and Addis Ababa. The major investment opportunities in the town are: manufacturing industry, agro processing industry of honey, social services, hotel and tourism development. The average annual revenue of the municipality within the 2009-2011 period was 68,265,377.00 Birr and the major sources of revenue were taxes, rent and service charges. ![]() There are 512 manufacturing industries, 280 wholesale trades, 7887 retail trades, five fuel stations, nine banks and four branch micro financial institution in the town. The town serves as regional administration, trade, education and investment center. The prevailing wind direction is east to west and the principal natural constraints for the physical expansion of the town are the sloppy areas found in the north and east directions. ![]() Its altitude is 2150-2500m above sea level its mean annual temperature is 11.1-24✬ and mean annual rainfall is 671 mm. The area of Mekele city is 20,605.11 ha and it is oval shaped town. Average household size in the town is 3.3. The town has a structural plan which was prepared in 2007.Īccording to the Central Statistical Authority projection of 2011, the population of the town was 261,168. Mekele is one of the reform towns in the region and has a city administration, municipality, 7 sub-cities, 33 kebelles and 105 Ketenas. Its location is 13✣2’’North latitude and 39✢8’ East longitude. Mekele town is located in the northern part of Ethiopia in Tigray National Regional State, Mekele Zone at a distance of 783 km from Addis Ababa. It is the capital of the Tigray region and has a population of 200,000. Basic services for the population need to be restored.Mekele, also spelled Makalle, is in the Tigrayan Highlands in Ethiopia. The desperate situation requires urgent scaling up so that humanitarian workers can deliver assistance to all in need. European Emergency Response Coordinator after visiting the capital city of Tigrai, Mekelle for the first time said, “ Much of the blockade of #Tigray still remains. Janez Lenarčič, European Commissioner for Crisis Management, in charge of European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid. What the authorities in Addis are doing is blowing this temporary problem out of proportion in order to deflect attention away from the bloody carnage and generated crisis that is claiming the lives of thousands of civilians in Oromia, Gambella, Benishangul-Gumuz and other parts of the country. It’s our hope and expectation that flights will resume very soon. We are discussing with the Humanitarian organizations using the airport on a possible way out. The airport is temporarily shutdown because of shortage of fuel, the same problem that has made distribution of food to the needy virtually impossible. “The Ethiopian regime is making specious claims about the blocking by the Government of Tigray of aid flights to/from Mekelle. Here is what what Getachew Reda said in response to the Ethiopian government tweet. The federal government calls on the international community to condemn the recent blockade of flights by the terrorist group and to further investigate the reasons behind it.” The government of Ethiopia in collaboration with the international community,has been facilitating daily air transportation to Tigray for the delivery of pharmaceuticals,medical equipment and nutritional supplements. “Tplf terrorist group blocked aid flights to Mekelle airport. The Ethiopian Government Communication Service tweeted today the following. ![]()
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