What is "tsegede"

Tsegede (sometimes Sagade) is one of the woredas in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. It is named after the historic province of Tsegede. Part of the Mi'irabawi Zone, Tsegede is bordered on the south and west by the Amhara Region, on the northwest by Kafta Humera, and on the north by Wolqayt. The administrative center of this woreda is Dansheha. Other towns in Tsegede include Ketema Nigus and Idaga Hamus.

Tsegede was selected by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in 2003 as an area for voluntary resettlement for farmers from overpopulated areas. Along with Kafta Humera woreda, the other woreda selected in Tigray that year, this woreda became the home for a total of 7,334 heads of households and 618 total family members. The following year, along with Asigede Tsimbela, this woreda became the home of a total of 24,000 heads of household and a total of 96,000 family members. In 2006, Tsegede was once more selected for this resettlement program, along with Dangila, Lay Armachiho and Qwara in the Amhara Region, becoming the new homes for 8,671 families. This was reportedly accompanied with almost 68 million Birr in infrastructure development.