Alamata

Alamata is a town in the Debubawi (Southern) Zone of Tigrai, at an elevation of about 1,520 m and roughly 180 km south of Mekelle along Ethiopian Highway 2 — the first major settlement travelers reach when entering Tigrai from the south. Emperor Menelik's forces passed through Alamata in December 1895 en route to fight the Italians further north, and the town was later liberated from Italian occupation by Arbegnoch (Ethiopian resistance) forces under British command on 5 May 1941. In 1957, Alamata and nearby Kobo were administratively transferred from Tigray Province into Wollo Province as part of the Raya-Kobo Awraja, a boundary that shaped the area's identity for decades. During the Ethiopian Civil War the Derg garrisoned the town, until it was captured by the Tigray People's Liberation Front in 1988.

On Ethiopian Highway 2, between Kobo to the south and Mekelle to the north.

• Southern Tigrai escarpment: Dramatic highland views on the approach from the south.

• Mekelle — 80 km north.
• Kobo — 30 km south, in the Amara Region.
• Maychew — 50 km east.