Mehakelegnaw (or "The central [Zone]") is a Zone in the Ethiopian Region of Tigray. Mehakelegnaw is bordered on the east by Misraqawi (Eastern), on the south by Debubawi (Southern), on the west by Mirabawi (Western) and on the north by Eritrea. Towns and cities in Mehakelegnaw include Adigrat, Axum, Adwa, and Maychew. Map of Ethiopia highlighting the Tigray region. ... 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. ... Axum, properly Aksum, is a city in northern Ethiopia. ... Adowa, also known as Aduwa, Adwa or Adua, is a town in Ethiopia. ... Maychew (Tigrinya ማይጭው Salty water, also transliterated Mai Ceu, Maichew, and Mai Cio) is a town in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. ...

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this zone has an estimated total population of 1,283,388, of whom 630,140 were males and 653,248 were females; 307,324 or 23.9% of its population are urban dwellers. With an estimated area of 10,353.50 square kilometers, Mehakelegnaw has an estimated population density of 123.96 people per square kilometer.^[1] The Central Statistical Agency (CSA) is an agency of the government of Ethiopia designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that country used to monitor economic and social growth, as well as to act as an official training center in that field. ...

According to a May 24, 2004 World Bank memorandum, 13% of the inhabitants of Mehakelegnaw have access to electricity, this zone has a road density of 29.0 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers, the average rural household has 0.8 hectare of land (compared to the national average of 1.01 hectare of land and a regional average of 0.51)^[2] and the equivalent of 0.8 heads of livestock. 17% of the population is in non-farm related jobs, compared to the national average of 25% and a regional average of 28%. 74% of all eligible children are enrolled in primary school, and 28% in secondary schools. 78% of the zone is exposed to malaria, and none to Tsetse fly. The memorandum gave this zone a drought risk rating of 616.^[3] Logo of the World Bank The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD, in Romance languages: BIRD), better known as the World Bank, is an international organization whose original mission was to finance the reconstruction of nations devastated by WWII. Now, its mission has expanded to fight poverty by means... Malaria is an infectious disease that is widespread in many tropical and subtropical regions. ... Binomial name Glossina morsitans The tsetse fly, Glossina morsitans, is a fly (order Diptera) that eats blood from animals, including humans. ...

Notes

1. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.3
2. ^ Comparative national and regional figures comes from another World Bank publication, Klaus Deininger et al. "Tenure Security and Land Related Investment", WP-2991 (accessed 23 March 2006).
3. ^ World Bank, Four Ethiopias: A Regional Characterization (accessed 23 March 2006).