Hitsats

Hitsats(Ge'ez: ሕፃፅ), is a village town in Asgede district in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia located 48 km west of Shire in the Shire - Dedebit - Dansha highway.[1]

Hitsats
ሕፃፅ
Town
Hitsats is located in Ethiopia
Hitsats
Hitsats
Location within Ethiopia
Coordinates: 14.098674124833858°N 37.95993156714216°E / 14.098674124833858; 37.95993156714216
Country Ethiopia
Region Tigray
ZoneNorthwestern Zone
WoredaHitsats
Elevation
1,087.222 m (3,567.001 ft)
Population
 (2020)
  Total7,120
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

The town is the administrative center of the Hitsats subdistrict (tabia) and the place of the Hitsats Refugee Camp. Following the genocidal war in Tigray in November 2020, more than 300 civilians were massacred by the Eritrean Defence Forces who entered supporting the Ethiopian National Defence Force.[2] [3]

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