Southern Region (Debub) of Eritrea

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The Southern Region (Debub) of Eritrea is a largely highland administrative region in the south of the country, known for its predominantly Tigrinya-speaking population, terraced agriculture, and historic churches and monasteries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative region
region of Eritrea
administrativeCenter Mendefera NERFINISHED
administrativeDivisionOf Eritrea NERFINISHED
agriculturalPractice terrace farming
agriculturalProduct cereals
pulses
vegetables
borderCharacteristic international border with Ethiopia
borderedBy Central Region (Maekel) of Eritrea NERFINISHED
Ethiopia NERFINISHED
Gash-Barka Region of Eritrea NERFINISHED
Northern Red Sea Region of Eritrea NERFINISHED
capital Mendefera NERFINISHED
climate temperate highland climate
country Eritrea NERFINISHED
economicActivity livestock herding
subsistence agriculture
feature mountainous landscape
rural villages
hasCulturalHeritage ancient Christian sites
traditional stone churches
hasHistoricalSites churches and monasteries
hasNameInTigrinya ደቡብ NERFINISHED
hasSettlement Adi Keyh NERFINISHED
Adi Quala NERFINISHED
Dekemhare NERFINISHED
Mendefera NERFINISHED
knownFor historic churches
historic monasteries
terraced agriculture
languageGroup Semitic languages
locatedIn southern Eritrea NERFINISHED
majorLanguage Tigrinya
nativeName Debub NERFINISHED
officialLanguage Tigrinya
partOf State of Eritrea NERFINISHED
populationMajority Tigrinya people NERFINISHED
regionCodeType zoba NERFINISHED
religion Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church NERFINISHED
subdivisionType region
terrain highland
timeZone East Africa Time
utcOffset +3

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Tigray-Tigrinya people primaryRegionInEritrea Southern Region (Debub) of Eritrea
Adi Keyh locatedIn Southern Region (Debub) of Eritrea
this entity surface form: Southern Region, Eritrea
Adi Quala locatedIn Southern Region (Debub) of Eritrea
this entity surface form: Southern Region, Eritrea
Qohaito locatedIn Southern Region (Debub) of Eritrea
this entity surface form: Southern Region, Eritrea
Saho-Afar spokenInRegion Southern Region (Debub) of Eritrea
subject surface form: Saho language
this entity surface form: Southern Region, Eritrea