Tsorona-Zalambessa

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Tsorona-Zalambessa
Tsorona-Zalambessa Location in Eritrea
Coordinates: 14°25′N 39°20′E / 14.417, 39.333
Country	‎ Eritrea
Region	Debub
District
Population (2005)
- Total	10,551

Tsorona-Zalambessa is a small disputed area on the border between Eritrea and Ethiopia. The Eritreans claim it is part of their Debub (Southern) Region, while the Ethiopians claim it is part of the Misraqawi (Eastern) Zone of their Tigray Region.

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia released in 2005, Zalambessa has an estimated total population of 10,551, of whom 5,176 were males and 5,375 were females.^[1] The 1994 census reported it had a total population of 6,059 of whom 2,756 were males and 3,303 were females. It is not clear whether these census figures cover the entire area.

Zalambessa was a village that was fortified by Italian colonial forces. The fortifications were taken over by the Ethiopian military in 1952 when Eritrea was federated with Ethiopia. The older village remained under Eritrean Administration and the exact border became an issue in the modern border dispute.^[2]

[edit] References

1. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4
2. ^ Killion, Tom (1998). Historical Dictionary of Eritrea. ISBN 0-8108-3437-5. 

[edit] See also

• Eritrean-Ethiopian War