Tigray region

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Tigray region is a northern Ethiopian region known for its ancient Christian heritage, distinctive highland culture, and historical role as a center for communities including Ethiopian Jews.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
regional state of Ethiopia
borders Afar Region
Amhara Region
Eritrea
Sudan
capital Mekelle
containsCity Adigrat
Aksum
surface form: Axum

Mekelle
Shire
containsTown Abi Adi
Adigrat
Adwa
Alamata
Aksum
surface form: Axum

Hawzen
Humera
Maychew
Shire
Shire Inda Selassie
Wukro
country Ethiopia
ethnicGroup Tigray-Tigrinya people
surface form: Tigrayans
historicalRegion Aksum
Tigray region self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tigray
knownFor ancient Christian heritage
distinctive highland culture
historical Ethiopian Jewish communities
rock-hewn churches
locatedIn northern Ethiopia
locatedOnContinent Africa
officialLanguage Tigrinya
otherLanguage Amharic
partOf Ethiopia
surface form: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
religion Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
surface form: Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Christianity

Islam

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Adigrat historicalRegion Tigray region
this entity surface form: Tigray
Takkaze River flowsThrough Tigray region
this entity surface form: Tigray Region
Battle of Adwa locationRegion Tigray region
this entity surface form: Tigray Region
Northern Ethiopia containsRegion Tigray region
this entity surface form: Tigray Region
Oreste Baratieri operatedIn Tigray region
Battle of Amba Alagi (1895) location Tigray region
Eparchy of Adigrat locatedIn Tigray region
this entity surface form: Tigray Region
Eparchy of Adigrat servesRegion Tigray region
this entity surface form: Tigray Region
Badme region near Tigray region
this entity surface form: Tigray Region
Eritrea–Ethiopia border region Tigray region
this entity surface form: Tigray region of Ethiopia
Saho-Afar spokenInRegion Tigray region
subject surface form: Saho language
this entity surface form: Tigray Region, Ethiopia