Meteka

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Meteka
Meteka Location in Ethiopia
Coordinates: 9°52′N 40°31′E / 9.867, 40.517
Country	‎ Ethiopia
Region	Afar Region
Zone	Administrative Zone 3
Population (2005)
- Total	1,579 (est)

Meteka is a town in northeastern Ethiopia. Located in Administrative Zone 3 of the Afar Region, 30 kilometers south of Gewane, it has a latitude and longitude of 9°52′N, 40°31′E with an elevation of 628 meters above sea level.

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this town has an estimated total population of 1579, of whom 879 were males and 700 were females.^[1] 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.^[2]

[edit] References

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