Meteka

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Meteka is a town in north-eastern Ethiopia. Located in Administrative Zone 3 of the Afar Region, 30 kilometers south of Gewane, it has a latitude and longitude of Script error: No such module "Coordinates". with an elevation of 628 meters above sea level. It is one of two towns in Gewane woreda.

Meteka marks the southern boundary of the Meteka Wetlands, a marshy portion of the lowlands of the Awash River. Ten kilometers west of the town is Lake Hertali.[1]

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this town has an estimated total population of 1579, of whom 879 are men and 700 are women.[2]

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  1. Philip Briggs, Ethiopia: The Bradt Travel Guide, third edition (Chalfont St Peters: Bradt, 2002), p. 342
  2. CSA 2005 National Statistics Template:Webarchive, Table B.4

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