Official Name: | Meteka |
Pushpin Map: | Ethiopia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ethiopia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name: | Ethiopia |
Subdivision Name1: | Afar Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Zone |
Subdivision Name2: | Administrative Zone 3 |
Population As Of: | 2005 |
Population Total: | 1579 (est) |
Coordinates: | 9.8667°N 71°W |
Meteka is a town in north-eastern Ethiopia. Located in Administrative Zone 3 of the Afar Region, 30 kilometers south of Gewane, it has a latitude and longitude of 9.8667°N 71°W with an elevation of 628 meters above sea level. It is one of two towns in Gewane woreda.
Meteka marks the southern boundary of the Meteka Wetlands, a marshy portion of the lowlands of the Awash River. Ten kilometers west of the town is Lake Hertali.[1]
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this town has an estimated total population of 1579, of whom 879 are men and 700 are women.[2]