Mek'ele: facts

At a glance

• Country: Ethiopia
• Region: Tigray
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 457,900
• Coordinates: 13.4967° N, 39.4753° E
• Time zone: Africa/Addis_Ababa (UTC+03:00)
• Currency: Birr (ETB)
• Distance to the capital, Addis Ababa: 504 km (313 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Mekele Alula Aba Nega Airport (MQX): 7.1 km (4.4 mi), straight line
• Axum Airport (AXU): 105 km (65 mi), straight line
• Shire Inda Selassie Airport (SHC): 145 km (90 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Dolo: 18 km (11 mi)
• Wik'ro: 36 km (22 mi)
• Abiy Adi: 55 km (34 mi)
• Idaga Hamus: 77 km (48 mi)
• Maych'ew: 79 km (49 mi)