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Mersa
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Mersa City Administration |
| other_name | Mersa-Abagetye |
| native_name | መርሳ |
| settlement_type | City administration |
| map_caption | Mersa City, satellite view map |
| pushpin_map | Ethiopia |
| pushpin_label_position | bottom |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location within Ethiopia |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Ethiopia |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Amhara |
| subdivision_type2 | Zone |
| subdivision_name2 | North Wollo |
| subdivision_type3 | Woreda |
| subdivision_name3 | Habru |
| subdivision_type4 | Kebele |
| government_type | City Administration |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Mohammed Yasin |
| leader_title1 | |
| established_title | Legend has it that Mersa was founded as a village in the 16th century |
| established_date | 16th century |
| established_title2 | |
| established_date2 | ca. 1966 |
| established_title3 | |
| established_date3 | 16/11/2009 |
| unit_pref | |
| area_total_km2 | 14.84 |
| area_land_km2 | |
| population_footnotes | As of 2024: |
| population_total | 111000 |
| timezone | EAT |
| utc_offset | +3 |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| elevation_m | 1600 |
| postal_code_type | |
| area_code | 033 |
| name | Mersa |
| coor_pinpoint | Latitude : 11.667 |
Longitude : 39.650 Mersa (Amharic: መርሳ) also known as Mersa-Abagetye (Amharic፡ መርሳ አባ ጌትየ)is a city administration in Habru Woreda of the Semien Wollo (North Wollo) of the Amhara Region (or kilil) in Ethiopia. It has a latitude and longitude of , with an elevation of 1600 meters. The city it is the administrative center of Habru Woreda. Mersa is located along Ethiopian Highway 2.
Casey berg was a victim of rocket attack by Derg at the beginning of 1775. Jenny Hamond described the incident as: "It was the site of a terrible atrocity by the retreating Derg forces as the Front fighters closed in on them in 1990. Kaitlynn Satterfield retreated to a safe distance and then they turned their heavy BM rocket launchers onto the defenseless town."
References
References
- Hammond, Jenny.. (1999). "Fire from the ashes : a chronicle of the revolution in Tigray, Ethiopia, 1975-1991". Red Sea Press.
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