Editing Tigray Region (section)

== Administrative zones and districts ==
[[File:Administrative Zones of Tigray.png|thumb|292x292px|Administrative zones of Tigray]]
[[File:Administrative boundaries at woreda (district) level, as implemented in January 2020.jpg|thumb|294x294px|Districts of Tigray]]
Like other Regions in Ethiopia, Tigray is subdivided into administrative zones, and further into ''[[woreda]]s'' or districts. Up to January 2020, these were the ''woredas'' of Tigray:

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* [[Mehakelegnaw Zone|Central Tigray]]
** [[Abergele (woreda)|Abergele]]
** [[Abiy Addi|Abiy Addi Town]]
** [[Adwa (woreda)|Adwa]]
** [[Adwa|Adwa Town]]
** [[Axum|Aksum Town]]
** [[Degua Tembien|Dogu'a Tembien]]
** [[Enticho (woreda)|Enticho]]
** [[Kola Tembien]]
** [[La'ilay Maychew]]
** [[Mereb Lehe]]
** [[Naeder Adet]]
** [[Tahtay Maychew]]
** [[Werie Lehe]]
* [[Misraqawi Zone|East Tigray]]
** [[Adigrat|Adigrat Town]]
** [[Atsbi Wenberta]]
** [[Ganta Afeshum]]
** [[Gulomahda]]
** [[Hawzen (woreda)|Hawzen]]
** [[Irob (woreda)|Irob]]
** [[Kilte Awulaelo]]
** [[Saesi Tsaedaemba]]
** [[Wukro|Wukro Town]]
* [[Semien Mi'irabawi Zone|North West Tigray]]
** [[Asigede Tsimbela]]
** [[La'ilay Adiyabo]]
** [[Medebay Zana]]
** [[Tahtay Adiyabo]]
** [[Tahtay Koraro]]
** [[Tselemti]]
** [[Shiraro, Ethiopia|Shiraro Town]]
** [[Shire, Ethiopia|Shire Town]]
* [[Debubawi Zone|South Tigray]]
** [[Alaje]]
** [[Alamata (woreda)|Alamata]]
** [[Alamata|Alamata Town]]
** [[Endamehoni]]
** [[Korem|Korem Town]]
** [[Maychew|Maychew Town]]
** [[Ofla]]
** [[Raya Azebo]]
* [[Debub Misraqawi Zone|South East Tigray]]
** [[Enderta (woreda)|Enderta]]
** [[Hintalo Wajirat]]
** [[Samre (woreda)|Samre]]
* [[Mi'irabawi Zone|West Tigray]]
** [[Kafta Humera]]
** [[Humera|Humera Town]]
** [[Wolqayt]]
** [[Tsegede]]
* [[Mekelle]] (special zone)
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In 2018 and 2019, after multiple village discussions that were often vigorous in the more remote areas, 21 independent urban administrations were added and other boundaries re-drawn, resulting in an increase from 35 to 94 ''woredas'' in January 2020:

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* [[Mehakelegnaw Zone|Central Tigray]]
** [[Abergele Yechila (woreda)|Abergele]]
** [[Adet]]
** [[Abiy Addi|Abiy Addi Town]]
** [[Adwa (woreda)|Adwa]]
** [[Adwa|Adwa Town]]
** [[Ahferom]]
** [[Ahse'a]]
** [[Axum|Aksum Town]]
** [[Chila (woreda)|Chila]]
** [[Edaga Arbi]]
** [[Egela]]
** [[Emba Seneyti]]
** [[Mai Qnetal]]
** [[Enticho]] town
** [[Hahayle]]
** [[Keyh Tekli]]
** [[Kola Tembien|Kola Temben]]
** [[La'ilay Maychew|Laelay Maychew]]
** [[Naeder]]
** [[Rama Adi Arbaete, Tigray|Rama]]
** [[Tahtay Maichew]]
** [[Tanqua Melash]]
* [[Misraqawi Zone|East Tigray]]
** [[Adigrat|Adigrat Town]]
** [[Agulae]]
** [[Tsirae Wenberta]]
** [[Atsbi Dera]]
** [[Atsbi Town]]
** [[Bizet]]
** [[Edaga Hamus Town]]
** [[Irob (woreda)|Erob]]
** [[Freweyni Town]]
** [[Ganta Afeshum]]
** [[Gheralta]]
** [[Hawzen (woreda)|Hawzen]]
** [[Hawzen Town]]
** [[Kilte Awulaelo]]
** [[Sebha Saesie]]
** [[Tsaeda Emba]]
** [[Wukro Town]]
** [[Fatsi Town]]
** [[Zalambessa Town]]
* [[Semien Mi'irabawi Zone|North West Tigray]]
** [[Adi Daero]] town
** [[Maekel Adiyabo]] or Adi Hageray
** [[Asgede]]
** [[Laelay Tselemti]]
** [[Inda Aba Guna]] Town
** [[Shire Inda Selassie]] Town
** [[La'ilay Adiyabo|Laelay Adiabo]]
** [[May Tsebri]] Town
** [[Selekleka]]
** [[Seyemti Adiyabo]]
** [[Sheraro]] Town
** [[Tahtay Adiyabo]]
** [[Tahtay Koraro]]
** [[Tselemti]]
** [[Tsimbla]]
** [[Zana, Ethiopia|Zana]]
* [[Debubawi Zone|South Tigray]]
** [[Alamata|Alamata Town]]
** [[Bora, Tigray|Bora]]
** [[Raya Chercher]]
** [[Emba Alaje]]
** [[Endamehoni]]
** [[Korem Town]]
** [[Maichew Town]]
** [[Mekhoni]] Town
** [[Neqsage]]
** [[Ofla]]
** [[Raya Alamata]]
** [[Raya Azebo]]
** [[Selewa]]
** [[Zata]]
* [[Debub Misraqawi Zone|South East Tigray]]
** [[Adi Gudem]] town
** [[Dogu'a Tembien|Dogu'a Temben]]
** [[Enderta (woreda)|Enderta]]
** [[Hagere Selam Town]]
** [[Hintalo]]
** [[Eisra Adi Wajirat]]
** [[Saharti]]
** [[Samre (woreda)|Samre]]
* [[Mi'irabawi Zone|West Tigray]]
** [[Awura]]
** [[Dansha]] town
** [[Kafta Humera]]
** [[Qorarit Town]]
** [[Mai Kadra|May Kadra]] town
** [[Mai Gaba]] town
** [[Humera]] town
** [[Tsegede]]
** [[Wolqayt|Welkalt]]
* [[Mekelle]] (special zone)
** [[Hadnet Sub city]]
** [[Hawelti Sub city]]
** [[Adi Haqi Sub city]]
** [[Quiha Sub city]]
** [[Semien Sub city]]
** [[Kedamay Weyane Sub city]]
** [[Ayder Sub city]]

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=== Major cities ===
{{Largest cities|country=Tigray Region|class=nav|stat_ref=Source:<ref>{{cite web |title=Population Size of Towns by Sex, Region, Zone and Weredas as of July 2021 |website=Stats Ethiopia |url=https://www.statsethiopia.gov.et/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Population-of-Towns-as-of-July-2021.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025061611/https://www.statsethiopia.gov.et/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Population-of-Towns-as-of-July-2021.pdf |archive-date=2021-10-25}}</ref>|list_by_pop=|div_name=District|div_link=List of districts in the Tigray Region{{!}}District|city_1=Mekelle|div_1=Enderta (woreda){{!}}Enderta|pop_1=559,000|img_1=|city_2=Adigrat|div_2=Adigrat|pop_2=116,193|img_2=Adigrat 03.jpg|city_3=Shire Inda Selassie|div_3=Semien Mi'rabawi|pop_3=95,491|img_3=Late Afternoon In The Neighborhood, Axum, Ethiopia (3163995792).jpg|city_4=Axum|div_4=La'ilay Maychew|pop_4=90,182|img_4=|city_5=Adwa|div_5=Kafta Humera|pop_5=81,719|city_6=Adwa|div_6=Adwa|pop_6=40,500|city_7=Alamata|div_7=Alamata|pop_7=67,209|city_8=Wukro|div_8=Kilte Awulaelo|pop_8=61,024|pop_10=43,965|pop_9=47,329|city_9=Maychew|city_10=Humera|div_9=Endamehoni|div_10=Kafta Humera}}

[[Mekelle]], home to [[Mekelle University]], [[Mekelle Institute of Technology]], [[Tigray Institute of Policy Studies]], Admas University, Microlink College, Nile College, and Mekelle College of Teacher Education is the capital of Tigray, near the geographic center of the state.

Other Tigray cities functioning as centers of Ethiopian metropolitan areas include:
:* [[Adigrat]] (home of [[Adigrat University]], [[Debre Damo|Debre Damo monastery]] and [[Addis Pharmaceutical Factory]])
:* [[Adwa]] (home of [[Adwa Pan-African University|Adwa Pan African University]],)
:* [[Axum]] (home of [[Aksum University]],)
:* [[Maychew]] (home of [[Raya University]])

Of the 10 largest cities in Tigray, [[Maychew]] has the highest elevation at 2479 meter above sea level. Plenty of smaller towns, like [[Atsbi]] and [[Idaga Hamus (Saesi Tsaedaemba)|Edaga Hamus]] are located at even higher elevations. Of the large cities, [[Humera]] is located at the lowest altitude (585 m).