Shire

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Shire

Total population

47,284

Coordinates14.10°, 38.28°

Demographic figures from Ethiopian Statistical Service. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Shire, also known as Shire Inda Selassie, is a city and separate woreda in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. The city is the administrative center of the Shire Awraja, Mi erabawi Zoba and now Semien Mi'irabawi Zone. It was part of Tahtay Koraro district.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Imru Haile Selassie

Ethiopian noble, soldier, and diplomat (1892-1980)

Debretsion Gebremichael

President of the Tigray Region

Seare Mekonnen

Chief of Staff of Ethiopia

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Afwork Gebrekirstos

scientist, tropical forest ecologist, professor

Moshe Solomon

Israeli rabbi and politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Tigray

• Uokar Duba
  1.2 mi away
• Maidrasha Village
  2.6 mi away
• Mark'Os
  7.5 mi away
• Sonko Sonko
  7.9 mi away
• Bakhara
  8.3 mi away
• Semama
  8.4 mi away
• Adi Dekhal'
  11.6 mi away
• Inda Aba Guna
  12.5 mi away
• Addi Khabesay
  13.9 mi away
• May Beraziyo
  15.9 mi away
• Gamma
  16.3 mi away
• Zaban Kharbey
  17.1 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.