Adigrat is a town in the Tigray region (or kilil) of Ethiopia that As of 1994, it had a population of around 37,417 people. Tigray is the northern-most of the nine ethnic regions (kililoch) of Ethiopia. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...

Nestled attractively below a high ridge to the west, Adigrat lies north of Mek'ele and south of Senafe in Eritrea, and is considered a strategically important gateway to Eritrea and the Red Sea. Mekelē is capital of the Tigray region of Ethiopia, located some 500 km north of the capital, Addis Ababa. ... Senafe is a market town in southern Eritrea. ... Conshelf II in the Red Sea (Sudan) Location of the Red Sea The Red Sea (Arabic البحر الأحمر Baḥr al-Aḥmar, al-Baḥru l-’Aḥmar; Hebrew ים סוף Yam Suf; Tigrigna ቀይሕ ባሕሪ QeyH baHri) is a gulf or basin of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia. ...

Adigrat has an interesting aristocratic history. In town there are the remanants of two castles from the era of princes, one which was owned by Dej Desta, the other by the great Ras Sebhat. Aristocracy is a form of government in which rulership is in the hands of an upper class known as aristocrats. ... Dej Desta was a man of ethiopian noble birth, who became the ruler of the Agame district in northern Ethiopia. ...

Buzunish Atsbeha, the descendent of Kumeniet, Woldu, Subagadis, Ras Sebhat, Dej Desta and Atsbeha continues to reside in Adigrat. Buzunish Atsbeha was born into a long line of Ethiopian royalty. ... Dej Desta was a man of ethiopian noble birth, who became the ruler of the Agame district in northern Ethiopia. ... Atsbeha was a ruler of the Agame region in northern Ethiopia. ...

Adigrat also hosts a lively market, a Roman Catholic cathedral and a charming newly constructed community park. A market is a mechanism which allows people to trade, normally governed by the theory of supply and demand, so allocating resources through a price mechanism and bid and ask matching so that those willing to pay a price for something meet those willing to sell for it. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... A cathedral is a Christian church building, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy (such as the Roman Catholic Church or the Anglican churches), which serves as the central church of a bishopric. ...