Mekoni

Mekoni
Mekoni ; መኾኒ
	Town
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	Mekoni Location within Ethiopia
	Coordinates: 12°48.17′N 39°38.754′E
Country	Ethiopia
Region	Tigray
Zone	Dubawi (Southern)
Woreda	Raya Azebo
Elevation	2,479 m (8,133 ft)
Population (2007)
• Total	9,419
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)

Mekoni, also Mehoni (Ge'ez: መኾኒ or መሆኒ), is a town in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. "Mekoni" (pronounced as 'Me-koni') is located at 657 km north of Addis Ababa along Ethiopian Highway 2 which runs to Mekelle (the capital city of Tigray region), Adigrat, Aksum, Shire and Humera with an altitude of 2479 m.

Economy

The town's economy is agriculturally focused. In recent years, there have been construction of irrigated and terraced farming in order to fight desertification.[1]

Population sociology

The population comprises mostly Tigraians. Oromos form an ancient population group – the language is not anymore used on a daily basis. In contrast to neighbouring towns along the main road, Amharic is not used as trade language. The Tigraians and assimilated Oromos on the escarpments and in the Raya graben are mainly engaged in smallholder agriculture, often using spate irrigation with floods from the escarpment. In recent years they have started dry season irrigation agriculture, stimulated by government-established groundwater pumps and by mimicking commercial farms that have been attracted. Settlements are mainly along roads and iron roofed. Tigraians are dominantly Orthodox Christians, though some quarters of the town follow Islam.[2]

References

"Winning the fight against poverty: People in Mekoni Tigray". Aiga Forum. Jan 2014.
Nyssen, J. and colleagues (2019). At the edge between Ethiopian plateau and Rift Valley. In: Nyssen, J., Biadgilgn Demissie, Tesfaalem Ghebreyohannes (eds.). Land, water, people and landscapes in north Ethiopia’s grabens, pp. 48-54. VLIR-UOS, Mekelle University, Ghent University, KU Leuven. ISBN 9789082922226.

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[1] "Winning the fight against poverty: People in Mekoni Tigray". Aiga Forum. Jan 2014.

[2] Nyssen, J. and colleagues (2019). At the edge between Ethiopian plateau and Rift Valley. In: Nyssen, J., Biadgilgn Demissie, Tesfaalem Ghebreyohannes (eds.). Land, water, people and landscapes in north Ethiopia’s grabens, pp. 48-54. VLIR-UOS, Mekelle University, Ghent University, KU Leuven. ISBN 9789082922226.