Abiy Adi
| Abiy Addi (ዓብዪ ዓዲ) | |
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 Abiy Addi (ዓብዪ ዓዲ)
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| Coordinates: 13°37′23″N 39°00′06″E / 13.62306°N 39.00167°ECoordinates: 13°37′23″N 39°00′06″E / 13.62306°N 39.00167°E | |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Region | Tigray |
| Zone | Mehakelegnaw (Central) |
| Elevation | 2,275 m (7,464 ft) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 16,115 |
| Time zone | EAT (UTC+3) |
Abiy Addi (also spelled Abi Addi; Tigrigna ዓብዪ ዓዲ "Big town") is a town and separate woreda in north central Ethiopia, and was capital of the former province of Tembien before that province was incorporated into Tigray. Located about 870 kilometres north of Addis Ababa in the Mehakelegnaw Zone of the Tigray Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 13°37′23″N 39°00′06″E / 13.62306°N 39.00167°E with an elevation ranging from 1917 to 2275 meters above sea level. Abiy Addi is surrounded by Kola Tembien woreda.
The town is divided into two parts by the Gerebshegalu River, the lower part being the more respectable part while the upper part "is where you'll find the marketplace ... and the seedier bars in which you're most likely to see Awris dancing as the tej hits the mark." Briggs notes that Abiy Addi is known in Tigray for the frenetic style of dancing called "Awris", as well as the quality of its honey.
Having visited Abiy Abbi in the mid-1940s, David Buxton thought that "perhaps the best thing about Abbi Addi was the panorama of the Simien mountains standing to the west beyond the deep valley of the Tekezé." Buxton notes that the entire height of that mountain range was visible, from the southern foothills to the summit. "And round about the lower slopes, dimly seen through the haze, were many fantastic outlying peaks, square or spiky, like the mountains of a child's imagination." As for the town itself, Philip Briggs describes it as "a reasonably substantial settlement, set in a dusty valley below an impressive cliff."
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