Why visit Adwa
Townapedia lists 1 park or trail, 1 place to stay and 1 attraction in and around town.
Weather in Adwa
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About Adwa
Adwa (Tigrinya: ዓድዋ; Amharic: ዐድዋ; Arabic: عدوة also spelled Adowa or Aduwa) is a town and separate woreda in Tigray Region, Ethiopia. It is best known as the community closest to the site of the 1896 Battle of Adwa, in which Ethiopian soldiers defeated Italian troops, thus being one of the few African nations to directly thwart European colonialism. Located in the Central Zone of the Tigray Region, Adwa has a longitude and latitude of 14°10′N 38°54′E, and an elevation of 1907 meters. Adwa is surrounded by Adwa woreda.
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Parks, trails and playgrounds1
Where to stay1
Churches and places of worship4
Map of Adwa
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Getting there and nearby towns
Axum Airport (AXU) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 14 km away.
- Aksum 20 km west, about 20 min by car
- Intich’o 30 km northeast, about 30 min by car
- Ādīgrat 62 km east, about 1 h by car
- Inda Silasē 67 km west, about 1 h by car
- Ābīy Ādī 67 km south, about 1 h by car
- Idaga Hamus 72 km east, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Indabaguna 81 km west, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Wik’ro 86 km southeast, about 1 h 30 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- City of Adwa, skyline from Drone camera, Oct 2018, Robbyyeb, CC BY-SA 4.0
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