Idaga Hamus (Saesi Tsaedaemba)

Idaga Hamus

Edaga Hamus (*Thursday Market*)
Sewha Sa'isi'e
Idaga Hamus Edaga Hamus (Thursday Market) Sewha Sa'isi'e
Town
	Misraqawi Zone
Woreda	Saesi Tsaedaemba
Elevation	2,700 m (8,900 ft)
Population (2005)
• Total	8,474

Idaga Hamus (also called Edaga Hamus and Sewha Sa'isi'e) is a town in the

Ethiopian Highway 2), between Freweyni and Adigrat

.

Geology and soils

The following geological formations are present in this locality:[1]

The main

geomorphic units, with corresponding soil types are:^[2]

Enticho Sandstone plateau
- Associated soil types
  - shallow sandy soils with an indurated layer which prevents rooting and drainage (Petric Plinthosol)
  - moderately deep, (light) brown, loamy to loamy sandy soil (Chromic Cambisol, Arenic Luvisol, Arenic Lixisol)
- Inclusions
  - complex of rock outcrops, very stony and very shallow soils ((Lithic) Leptosol)
  - shallow, stony, dark greyish brown clay loams and sandy loams (Eutric Regosol and Cambisol)
  - watertable with moderate to good natural fertility (Eutric Gleysol, Gleyic Cambisol
    )

Idaga Hamus highlands
- Associated soil types
  - shallow, very stony, silt loamy to loamy soils (Skeletic Cambisol, Leptic Cambisol, Skeletic Regosol)
  - shallow, stony, dark greyish brown clay loams and sandy loams (Eutric Regosol and Cambisol)
  - sandy clay loams to sands developed on sandy colluvium (Eutric
    Arenosol, Regosol
    , Cambisol)
- Inclusions
  - complex of rock outcrops, very stony and very shallow soils ((Lithic) Leptosol)
  - Deep dark cracking clays with very good natural fertility, waterlogged during the wet season (Chromic Vertisol, Pellic Vertisol)
  - moderately deep, brown silty loamy to loamy soils (Eutric Luvisol)

Monuments

A number of rock-hewn churches have been reported near this town which include: Debre Zakarios Giyorgis and Cherqos, a collapsed one at Dengelat, Guwahigot Yesus and Yohannes.^[3] The contemporary church of Maryam Techot in this town is located on the top of a stepped Aksumite platform about 2 meters high and with dressed-stone corner blocks. A monolithic pillar and other carved fragments in the area may have been salvaged from the Aksumite structure which originally stood on this platform.^[4]

History

Records at the Nordic Africa Institute website provide details of the primary school in 1968.^[3]

Idaga Hamus sheltered a significant number of refugees during the

Eritrean-Ethiopian War of 1998-2000.^[5]

During the 2020-2021

EEPA report stated that 37 civilians were killed by Eritrean troops in Mariam Dengelat. This follows further reports of Ethiopian ENDF soldiers shooting at unarmed civilians.^[6] On 19 December 2020, killings occurred in Idaga Hamus. Eritrean soldiers killed approximately 150 civilians, including a priest and women seeking refuge in a church, located 4 km to the west of Marieam Dengelat. The town and some rural villages (Maimegelta, Dengelat, Tsa'a and Hangoda) are under the control of Eritrean forces. The military is slaughtering the animals. People are starving to death.^[7]

Demographics

Based on figures from the

woreda

.

Notes

ISBN 978-3-030-04954-6
.

PMID 31639144
.

^ ^a ^b "Local History in Ethiopia" Archived 2011-05-28 at the Wayback Machine (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 6 May 2008)

^ David W. Phillipson, Ancient Churches of Ethiopia (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009), p. 47

^ Evacuee report during Eritrean-Ethiopian War

^ Situation Report EEPA HORN No. 30 - 19 December Europe External Programme with Africa

^ Situation Report EEPA HORN No. 31 - 20 December Europe External Programme with Africa

^ CSA 2005 National Statistics Archived 2008-07-31 at the Wayback Machine, Table B.4

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[1] ISBN 978-3-030-04954-6
.

[plosone-2] PMID 31639144
.

[NAI-web-3] "Local History in Ethiopia" Archived 2011-05-28 at the Wayback Machine (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 6 May 2008)

[4] David W. Phillipson, Ancient Churches of Ethiopia (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009), p. 47

[5] Evacuee report during Eritrean-Ethiopian War

[eepa30-6] Situation Report EEPA HORN No. 30 - 19 December Europe External Programme with Africa

[eepa31-7] Situation Report EEPA HORN No. 31 - 20 December Europe External Programme with Africa

[8] CSA 2005 National Statistics Archived 2008-07-31 at the Wayback Machine, Table B.4

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