Shire, Ethiopia
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Shire ሽሬ Inda Selassie |
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 Shire
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| Coordinates: 14°6′N 38°17′E / 14.100°N 38.283°ECoordinates: 14°6′N 38°17′E / 14.100°N 38.283°E | |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Region | Tigray |
| Zone | Semien Mi'irabawi (North Western) |
| Elevation | 1,953 m (6,407 ft) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 47,284 |
| Time zone | EAT (UTC+3) |
Shire (ሽሬ), also known as Inda Selassie (እንዳ ሥላሴ, Tigrinya "House of the Trinity"), is a town and separate woreda in northern Ethiopia. The administrative center of the Semien Mi'irabawi Zone of the Tigray region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 14°6′N 38°17′E / 14.100°N 38.283°E with an altitude of 1953 meters above sea level. It was part of Tahtay Koraro woreda.
The Ethiopian Roads Authority had two roads built to connect Shire to neighboring towns. In June 2009, the authority released a report on their status. The road connecting Shire with Addi Goshu, 156 kilometers in length, was 52% complete, and would be completed by November 2010. The road that would connect to Addi Abun, 92 kilometers in length, would be completed in two years. As of May 2010[update] construction was underway on a road segment 71 kilometers long connecting Shire west to Dedebit, and which will continue on to Adi Remets then terminate at Dejena Densha. The town hosts an airport, Shire Airport (IATA code SHC).
An early mention of Shire is in one of the three surviving charters of Emperor Dawit I of Ethiopia (r. 1382-1412).
As part of the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, Italian units under General Pietro Badoglio advanced out of Axum on 29 February 1936 to attack the Ethiopian army under Ras Imru Haile Selassie deployed around Shire in an action known as the Battle of Shire. Despite determined Ethiopian resistance, by 3 March the Italians had resumed their advance and shortly afterwards crossed the Tekezé River.
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