Idaga Hamus (Saesi Tsaedaemba)
Edaga Hamus (Tigrigna "Thursday Market") is a town in northern Ethiopia. Located 97 kilometers north of Mekele in the Misraqawi Zone of the Tigray Region (or kilil) of Ethiopia, this town has a latitude and longitude of 14°11′N 39°34′E / 14.183°N 39.567°E with an elevation of 2670 meters above sea level. Idaga Hamus is located on "National Road 1", between Freweyni and Adigrat.
A number of rock-hewn churches have been reported near this town which include: Debre Zakarios Giyorgis and Cherqos, a collapsed one at Dengelat, Guwahigot Yesus and Yohannes. The contemporary church of Maryam Techot in this town is located on the top of a stepped Aksumite platform about 2 meters high and with dressed-stone corner blocks. A monolithic pillar and other carved fragments in the area may have been salvaged from the Aksumite structure which originally stood on this platform.
Records at the Nordic Africa Institute website provide details of the primary school in 1968. Idaga Hamus sheltered a significant number of refugees during the Eritrean-Ethiopian War of 1998-2000.
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Idaga Hamus has an estimated total population of 8,474 of whom 3,962 are men and 4,512 are women. The 1994 census reported it had a total population of 4,883 of whom 2,110 were males and 2,773 were females. Together with Freweyni, it is one larger settlements in Saesi Tsaedaemba woreda.
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