Adi Quala
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Adi Quala ({{langx|ti|ዓዲ ዃላ}},{{IPA|ti|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.
Overview
Adi Quala is known for its tukul (hut) church St Mary church with its frescoes and its mausoleum for the Italian Army soldiers who died at the Battle of Adwa and Gundet. The ossuary, on which the Italian flag flies, preserves the remains of three thousand six hundred forty-three fallen soldiers from the first African campaign. The granite obelisk, which dominates the war memorial, bears the inscription: "La Patria ai caduti di Adua 1° Marzo 1896".
The town has a population of more than 30.000 people. The language spoken in the town of Adi Quala is Tigrinya. The population is predominantly more than 99% Tigrinya.
Religion
Adi Quala's population are 95% Orthodox Christian and 5% are Muslims.{{citation needed|date=March 2016}} 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.Augustus B. Wylde, Modern Abyssinia (London: Methuen, 1901), p. 494
Climate
{{Weather box|location = Adi Quala
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|Jan high C = 26.4
|Feb high C = 27.3
|Mar high C = 29.3
|Apr high C = 29.0
|May high C = 28.6
|Jun high C = 27.6
|Jul high C = 22.9
|Aug high C = 22.4
|Sep high C = 25.9
|Oct high C = 26.6
|Nov high C = 26.2
|Dec high C = 25.6
|Jan low C = 7.2
|Feb low C = 8.2
|Mar low C = 10.8
|Apr low C = 11.6
|May low C = 12.1
|Jun low C = 12.3
|Jul low C = 11.7
|Aug low C = 12.3
|Sep low C = 11.1
|Oct low C = 9.1
|Nov low C = 7.8
|Dec low C = 6.9
|Jan rain mm = 0
|Feb rain mm = 3
|Mar rain mm = 9
|Apr rain mm = 28
|May rain mm = 40
|Jun rain mm = 68
|Jul rain mm = 224
|Aug rain mm = 198
|Sep rain mm = 57
|Oct rain mm = 11
|Nov rain mm = 12
|Dec rain mm = 2
|date=July 2015}}
References
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Category:Southern region (Eritrea)
Category:Populated places in Eritrea
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