Official Name: | Beles |
Native Name: | በለስ |
Pushpin Map: | Tigray Region#Ethiopia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Ethiopia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ethiopia |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Zone |
Subdivision Name2: | Semien Mi'irabawi Zone |
Subdivision Type3: | Woreda |
Subdivision Name3: | Tahtay Koraro |
Timezone: | EAT |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 14.0684°N 38.4056°W |
Beles is a tabiya or municipality in the Tahtay Koraro district of the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. The tabiya centre is Beles village itself.
The tabiya includes the villages of Beles, Meskelo, Chguarid, Adi Keshi and others.
The population lives essentially from crop farming, supplemented with off-season work in nearby towns. The land is dominated by farmlands which are clearly demarcated and are cropped every year. Hence the agricultural system is a permanent upland farming system.[1]
The tabiya centre of Beles holds a few administrative offices and some small shops. The main other populated places in the tabia are Meskelo, Chguarid, Adi Keshi and others.
Most inhabitants are Orthodox Christians.