Agame

Agame ዓጋመ
Province
Agame
Coordinates: 13°57′N 39°13′E / 13.950°N 39.217°E / 13.950; 39.217
Country	Ethiopia
Province	Tigray Province
Government
• Type	Monarchy
• Body	House of Agame
Area
• Total	4,889 km2 (1,888 sq mi)
Dimensions
• Length	139.92 km (86.94 mi)
• Width	66.39 km (41.25 mi)
Population
• Total	344,800

Agame (Tigrinya: ዓጋመ, lit. 'fruitful') is a province in northern Ethiopia. It includes the northeastern corner of the Ethiopian Empire, borders in Eritrea, Tembien, Kalatta Awlalo and Enderta in the south, and both the Eritrean and Ethiopian Afar lowlands in the east.^[1] This relative location of Agame is at the strategic crossroads between the Red Sea and the northern Tigrayan plateau on the other. In pre-1991, Agame had a total area of about 4,889 square kilometres (1,888 sq mi) with an estimated population of 344,800.^[2]