Official Name: | Hibret |
Native Name: | ሕብረት |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Ethiopia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Ethiopia |
Coordinates: | 14.0473°N 38.0329°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ethiopia |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Zone |
Subdivision Name2: | Northwestern Zone |
Subdivision Type3: | Woreda |
Subdivision Name3: | Hibret |
Elevation M: | 1320.698 |
Population Total: | 10,604 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Timezone: | EAT |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Hibret(Ge'ez: ሕብረት), is a village town in Asgede district in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia located 52 km west of Shire in the way from Inda Aba Guna to Hitsats. The town is the administrative center of the Hibret subdistrict (tabia) home to more than 10,000 residents. During the Tigray war on 29 April 2021, more than 20 civilians were killed by the Ethiopian National Defence Forces in this village town.[1]