Official Name: | Hitsats |
Native Name: | ሕፃፅ |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Ethiopia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Ethiopia |
Coordinates: | 14.0987°N 37.9599°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ethiopia |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Zone |
Subdivision Name2: | Northwestern Zone |
Subdivision Type3: | Woreda |
Subdivision Name3: | Hitsats |
Elevation M: | 1087.222 |
Population Total: | 7,120 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Timezone: | EAT |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Hitsats(Ge'ez: ሕፃፅ), is a village town in Asgede district in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia located 48 km west of Shire in the Shire - Dedebit - Dansha highway.
The town is the administrative center of the Hitsats subdistrict (tabia) and the place of the Hitsats Refugee Camp. Following the genocidal war in Tigray in November 2020, more than 300 civilians were massacred by the Eritrean Defence Forces who entered supporting the Ethiopian National Defence Force.[1] [2]