Adwa

Adwa is a marketplace metropolis and separate woreda in Tigray, Ethiopia. It is quality referred to as the community closest to the decisive Battle of Adwa fought in 1896 with Italian troops. Notably, Ethiopian squaddies won the conflict, as a consequence being the best African nation to thwart European colonialism. Located within the Mehakelegnaw Zone of the Tigray Region, and an elevation of 1907 meters. Adwa is surrounded via Adwa woreda. Adwa is home to several super churches: Adwa Gebri'el Bet, Adwa Maryam Bet, Adwa Medhane `Alem Bete, Adwa Nigiste Saba Huletenya Dereja Timhirt Bet, and Adwa Selasse Bet.

Near Adwa is Abba Garima Monastery, based within the 6th century via one of the Nine Saints and regarded for its tenth century gospels. Also close by is the village of Fremona, which have been the bottom of the sixteenth century Jesuits despatched to transform Ethiopia to Catholicism. According to Richard Pankhurst, Adwa derives its name from Adi Awa, "village of the Awa". The Awa are a tribe that become mentioned within the nameless Monumentum Adulitanum that after stood at Adulis.