Dedebit (town)

Dedebit (Tigrinya: ደደቢት) is remote, lowland terrain in the North Western zone of the Tigray Region of Ethiopia, which has become a small town. It is known for being the place where the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), the armed movement that overthrew the Derg military dictatorship, was formed.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Dedebit
ደደቢት
Town
Dedebit is located in Ethiopia
Dedebit
Dedebit
Location in Ethiopia
Coordinates: 14°06′N 37°56′E
Country Ethiopia
Region Tigray
ZoneNorth Western
Elevation
[1]
957 m (3,140 ft)
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

On 7 January 2022, at least 56 people were killed by an Ethiopian Air Force airstrike on an IDP camp.[8]

References
  1. elevationmap.net. "Dedebit, Asgede Tsimbila, North Western, Ethiopia on the Elevation Map. Topographic Map of Dedebit, Asgede Tsimbila, North Western, Ethiopia". elevationmap.net. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  2. Young, John (20 April 2006). Peasant Revolution in Ethiopia: The Tigray People's Liberation Front, 1975-1991. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521026062.
  3. Aregawi Berhe (2008). "A Political History of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (1975-1991): Revolt, Ideology and Mobilisation in Ethiopia" (PDF). Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (thesis) – via Horn of Africa Research and Knowledge Exchange Platform.
  4. "Tigray People's Liberation Front". Encyclopaedia Aethiopica. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. 2003.
  5. Kahsay, Berhane (9 February 2017). "Tigray Online, 2017, "TPLF: 42 Years Young Architect of Ethiopia's Resurgence from Pits to Economic prosperity"". Tigrai Online.
  6. Kahsay, Berhane (9 February 2014). "Tigray Online, 2014, "Woyane Tigray: 39 Years and Still Standing"". Tigrai Online.
  7. Berhe, Aregawi (2004). "Aregawi Berhe, 2004, "The Origins of the Tigray People's Liberation Front"". African Affairs. 103 (413): 569–592. doi:10.1093/afraf/adh024. JSTOR 3518491.
  8. "Ethiopia's Tigray conflict: Dozens killed in airstrike at camp, say aid staff". BBC News. 8 January 2022.
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