Negash
Negash | |
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Village | |
Wukro | |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 7,753 |
| Time zone | EAT |
Negash is a village in the
woreda
.
History
Negash is considered to be the earliest
Ashama ibn Abjar in Negash during his invasion of the province of Tigray (around 1537).[2] Negash is also known for having one of Africa's oldest mosques,[3] that is the Al Nejashi Mosque
.
In 2020 during Tigray War, the Al Nejashi Mosque was heavily damaged from shelling and looting.[4]
Demographics
In the statistical tables of the 2007 census published by the
Muslim.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Paul B. Henze, Layers of Time: A History of Ethiopia (New York: Palgrave, 2000), p. 43.
- ^ Sihab ad-Din Ahmad bin 'Abd al-Qader, Futuh al-Habasa: The conquest of Ethiopia, translated by Paul Lester Stenhouse with annotations by Richard Pankhurst (Hollywood: Tsehai, 2003), pp. 350f
- ^ "Liste des premières mosquées au monde prophètique, rashidun et omeyyade selon les écris historique et les traces archéologiques". Histoire Islamique (in French). 2014-06-15. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
- ^ "Tigray crisis: Ethiopia to repair al-Nejashi mosque". BBC News. January 5, 2021.
- ^ "Tigray Statistical Table", Annex Table 1B CSA website (accessed 27 August 2010)
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