Wegeltena

Wegeltena, also known as Wegel Tena, is a town in the north east of Ethiopia. Located in the South Wollo Zone of the Amhara Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 11°35′N 39°13′E with an elevation of 3010 meters above sea level.

On 29 January 1990 Wegeltena was bombed by the aircraft of the Derg, which killed two people. John Graham passed through the town about ten years later, and wrote in the Addis Tribune that he found it "a remote spot, with one of those Derg era metal towers in the main square, this one unusually decrepit. However, they had a pleasant luncheon there."[1]

Situated on the recently constructed main road between Dessie and Lalibela via Kone and Gashena, Wegeltena is expected to become a communication link between these historical places. The city also known by precious mineral called “opal”. The current population is 27000 in 2011 EC.

Demographics

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Wegeltena has an estimated total population of 7,205 of whom 3,478 are men and 3,727 are women.[2] The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 4,166 of whom 1,830 were males and 2,336 were females. It was the main city of the former Wadila Delanta Awuraja. It is also the administrative center of the present Delanta woreda. During the Derg era, the town had the Wegeltena senior high school in Wadila Delanta Awuraja that was instrumental in developing several successful university professors and research scientists in international research organizations.

Notes
  1. "Local History in Ethiopia" (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 7 April 2009)
  2. CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.3

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