Adi Quala

Adi Quala (Tigrinya: ዓዲ ዃላ Tigrinya pronunciation: [ʕadi xʷala]) is a market town in southern (Debub) part of Eritrea. It is located 32 km south of Mendefera nearly 25 km from the Ethiopian border, over 2,000m above sea level.

Adi Quala ዓዲ ዃላ
Town
Adi Quala Location in Eritrea
Coordinates: 14°38′N 38°50′E
Country	Eritrea
Region	Debub
District	Adi Quala
Government
Climate	Cwb

Overview

Adi Quala is known for its tukul (hut) church St Marry church with its frescoes and its mausoleum for the Italian Army soldiers who died at the Battle of Adwa and Gundet. The town has a population of more than 30.000 people. The language that is spoken in the town of Adi Quala is Tigrinya. The population is pre-dominantly more than 99% Tigrinya.

Religion

Adi Quala's population are 94.5% Orthodox Christian and 5% are Muslims. There are some Roman Catholics and Protestants about 1% of the total population. There are two Orthodox churches, one Roman Catholic church and one mosque.

Writing in the 1890s, Augustus B. Wylde described the market in Adi Quala, held on Mondays, as medium in size.[1]

Climate

Climate data for Adi Quala
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	26.4 (79.5)	27.3 (81.1)	29.3 (84.7)	29.0 (84.2)	28.6 (83.5)	27.6 (81.7)	22.9 (73.2)	22.4 (72.3)	25.9 (78.6)	26.6 (79.9)	26.2 (79.2)	25.6 (78.1)	26.5 (79.7)
Average low °C (°F)	7.2 (45.0)	8.2 (46.8)	10.8 (51.4)	11.6 (52.9)	12.1 (53.8)	12.3 (54.1)	11.7 (53.1)	12.3 (54.1)	11.1 (52.0)	9.1 (48.4)	7.8 (46.0)	6.9 (44.4)	10.1 (50.2)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	0 (0)	3 (0.1)	9 (0.4)	28 (1.1)	40 (1.6)	68 (2.7)	224 (8.8)	198 (7.8)	57 (2.2)	11 (0.4)	12 (0.5)	2 (0.1)	652 (25.7)
Source: Climate-Data[2]

References

1. Augustus B. Wylde, Modern Abyssinia (London: Methuen, 1901), p. 494
2. "Climate-Data : Eritrea". Retrieved 15 July 2015.