Adwa

E252969

battle populated place public holiday town

Adwa is a historic town in northern Ethiopia best known as the site of the 1896 Battle of Adwa, where Ethiopian forces defeated Italian colonial troops.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Adwa canonical	3
Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ populated place ⓘ public holiday ⓘ town ⓘ
celebratedOn	Battle of Adwa ⓘ surface form: Adwa Victory Day
combatant	Ethiopian Empire ⓘ Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
commandedBy	Menelik II ⓘ surface form: Emperor Menelik II Taytu Betul ⓘ surface form: Empress Taytu Betul Oreste Baratieri ⓘ surface form: General Oreste Baratieri
commemorates	Battle of Adwa ⓘ
coordinateLocation	14.1667°N 38.9000°E ⓘ
country	Ethiopia ⓘ Ethiopia ⓘ Ethiopia ⓘ
countryCapitalOf	none ⓘ
date	1 March 1896 ⓘ
elevation	approximately 1900–2000 metres above sea level ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance	symbol of African resistance to colonialism ⓘ
hasEconomyBasedOn	agriculture ⓘ small-scale trade ⓘ
hasEvent	Battle of Adwa ⓘ
hasHeritage	symbol of Ethiopian independence ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance	site of major anti-colonial victory ⓘ
hasMonument	memorials to the Battle of Adwa ⓘ
knownFor	Battle of Adwa ⓘ
languageUsed	Amharic ⓘ Tigrinya ⓘ
locatedIn	Tigray region ⓘ surface form: Tigray Region northern Ethiopia ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange	Adwa Mountains ⓘ surface form: Adwa mountains
locatedInTimeZone	East Africa Time ⓘ
location	Adwa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
nearbySettlement	Adigrat ⓘ Aksum ⓘ surface form: Axum
partOf	Adwa woreda ⓘ First Italo-Ethiopian War ⓘ
regionCapitalOf	none ⓘ
religion	Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ surface form: Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Christianity
result	Ethiopian victory ⓘ
roadConnection	connected by road to Axum ⓘ connected by road to Mekelle ⓘ
significance	prevented Italian colonization of Ethiopia ⓘ
timeZoneOffset	+3 ⓘ
typicalDate	2 March ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tigray region → containsTown → Adwa ⓘ

subject surface form: Tigray Region

Meles Zenawi → placeOfBirth → Adwa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia

Adwa → location → Adwa self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of Adwa

Battle of Adwa → place → Adwa ⓘ