Mekane Selam

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Mekane Selam
Mekane Selam Location in Ethiopia
Coordinates: 10°38′N 38°47′E / 10.633, 38.783
Country	‎ Ethiopia
Region	Amhara Region
Zone	Debub Wollo Zone
Elevation	1,827 m (5,994 ft)
Population (2005)
- Total	8,481 (est)
Time zone	EAT (UTC+3)

Mekane Selam (also known as Agibar, Denbi Mekane Selam) is a town in central Ethiopia. Located in the Debub Wollo Zone of the Amhara Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 10°38′N, 38°47′E with an elevation of 1827 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Debre Sina woreda.

Based on 2005 figures from the Central Statistical Agency, Mekane Selam has an estimated total population of 8,481 of whom 4,119 were males and 4,362 were females.^[1] The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 4,901 of whom 2,167 were males and 2,734 were females.

Mekane Selam hosts an airport ( IATA code MKS) with an unpaved runway, the destination of scheduled flights by Ethiopian Airlines. It is also reportedly the westernmost community accessible by car in Wollo. The nearby geology is characterized by an outcropping of basaltic rocks that have been reused in local buidlings.^[2]

[edit] Notes

1. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4
2. ^ "Local History in Ethiopia" (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 9 May 2008)