Adi Daero Explained

Official Name:Adi Daero
Native Name:ዓዲ ዳዕሮ
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Ethiopia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Ethiopia
Coordinates:14.3125°N 38.1719°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Ethiopia
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Type2:Zone
Subdivision Name2:Northwestern Zone
Subdivision Type3:Woreda
Subdivision Name3:Adi Daero town
Elevation M:3012
Population Total:21,134
Population As Of:2020
Timezone:EAT
Utc Offset:+3

Adi Daero (Ge'ez: ዓዲ ዳዕሮ), is a town in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia located at 977 km north of Addis Ababa and 278 km northwest of Mekelle along the highway which runs from Shire to Sheraro to Humera. The town is also the administrative center of the La'ilay Adiyabo woreda (district).

Adi Daro Airstrike

On 4 October 2022, the Ethiopian National Defense Force launched an airstrike at a school housing internally displaced people in the town, killing more than 50 and injuring at least 70 others.[1] According to Tigrayan authorities and some witnesses the death toll was at least 65. The attack is one of the deadliest in the Tigray War.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: Ross . Aaron . 5 October 2022 . U.N. told Ethiopia in January that school hit in air strike housed displaced people -humanitarian sources . Heinrich . Mark .
  2. News: Reporting by Nairobi Newsroom . 5 October 2022 . More than 50 killed in northern Ethiopia air strike -aid workers and Tigray forces . Reuters . Heinrich . Mark .