Hitsats Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Marks . Simon . Walsh . Declan . Refugees Come Under Fire as Old Foes Fight in Concert in Ethiopia . 2020-12-28 . . 2021-01-12 . https://archive.today/20201228094720/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/28/world/africa/Ethiopia-Eritrea-Tigray.html . 2020-12-28 . live .
  2. Web site: Situation Report EEPA HORN No. 51 – 10 January 2021 . . 2021-01-10 . 2021-01-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210111181059/https://www.eepa.be//wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Situation-Report-EEPA-Horn-No.-51-10-January-2021.pdf . 2021-01-11 . live .