| LC control no. | n 99907202 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Tigray Region (Ethiopia) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Ethiopia--Tigray Region |
| Variant(s) | Tigray kelel (Ethiopia) YaʼTegrāy beḥérāwi kelel (Ethiopia) Tigray Regional National State (Ethiopia) Tigray Federal State (Ethiopia) Tigray Regional State (Ethiopia) Tegrāy kelel (Ethiopia) Tegray National Regional State (Ethiopia) Beḥérāwi kelelāwi mangeśti Tegrāy (Ethiopia) Tigray kilil (Ethiopia) Tigrai (Ethiopia) Tigray (Ethiopia) |
| See also | Region 1 (Ethiopia) |
| Found in | The 1994 population and housing census ... 1996-1998: v. 11, t.p. (Transitional Government of Ethiopia; Tigray Region) Teseser, 1997: p. 18 (YaʼTegrāy beḥérāwi kelel) p. 26 (Ethiopia; Tigray Regional National State) Phone call to Ethiopian Embassy, Nairobi, 05/08/98: (Tigray Region is also known as Tigray Federal State) Proceedings of the First Regional Conference of the Tigray Regional State economic development, March 2013. Erlikh, Ḥ. Ethiopia and Eritrea during the scramble for Africa, c1982 (subj.) page 1 (Tigre was practically independent in during the 19th century) 2020 Ethiopian Govt Portal (ethiopia.gov.et/regional-states1), viewed May 6, 2020 (Tigray Regional State; YaTegrāy kelel) Proclamation No. 1/1995: Proclamation of the Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, 1995 (Federal Negarit gazeta, 1:1 (21 August 1995): page 17 (1) YaTegray kelel. = 1) The State of Tigray) Ethiopian Constitution: translation of the Ethiopian Draft Constitution [of 1994), viewed October 27, 2022 on africa.upenn website: Article 47 (States in the Federation: 1. Tigrai State) Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, 2003-2010 4:888 (Tegray (Tegrāy; Amh. Tegré) is a historical region and a regional state of Ethiopia. The official name of the state is Beḥérāwi kelelāwi mangeśti Tegrāy (Beḥérawi Kellelawi Mängeśti Tegrāy; Tegray National Regional State). Formerly known as Region 1. Tigray went through numerous administrative changes in the course of its history, adding or subtracting various districts.) volume 1, pages 101-102 (The 1994 constitution created 9 kelel (kellel), translated as state or province.) [Note: the schwa and “e” used in the encyclopedia's romanization of 6th and 5th order Ethiopic vowels are recorded here as "e" and "é".]) GEOnet Names Server, viewed September 12, 2022: (Tigray (approved), Tigray Kilil (approved), The State of Tigray (variant), Tigray Regional State (variant); ADM1) Africa south of the Sahara, 2022 (Regional States: 1. Tigray) Foreign names decisions approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, Feb. 28, 2001 (former name: none; new name: Tigray [short form] Kilil--ADM1, 14°10ʹN 38°50ʹE (ET53)) |
| Not found in | Africa south of the Sahara, 1997, c1996: p. 397 (Region 1, Tigre) |
| Geographic area code | f-et--- |
| Invalid LCCN | n 2001020788 |
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