Adi Bakel

Adi Bakel ዓዲ ባዕከል, also spelled Adiba'ikel or Ādība’ikel) is a village in the Debub region and Hadegti sub-region in Eritrea.

The Hadegti Subregion includes the villages Adi Bakel, Iwanet, Adebuur, Adi Keyih, Hadish Adi, Maereba and Degra Merieto.

The inhabitants of Hadegti speak Tigrinya. In Adi Bakel, there are two Orthodox Tewahedo Churches.

"Adi" means "village" or "hometown" and "Bakel" means a red clay.



Location
The village lies at an elevation of 2092 metres above sea level. It is located about 18 km southwest of Dekemhare, 11 km northwest of Segheneyti and 55 km south of the capital Asmara, which is partly on a gentle slope and the other part on a level. Adi Bakel lies between Dekemhare and Segheneyti.

History
The inhabitants of the four villages Maereba, Adi Bakel, Adi Keyih and Adi Abuur are the sons and daughters of Hadgay, so the progenitor is called Hadgay. More precisely, Hubo, the son of Hadgay had 5 boys named Tearezghi, Tesfazghi, Meharezghi, Tsegazghi and Ngadazghi. Tearezghi is the progenitor of Adi Bakel's Resident. The inhabitants of Adi Bakel originally come from the village of Mareeba. Adi Bakel is divided into four districts or tribes, the four tribes are called Inda Gebrekrstos, Inda Bahamenet (Inda Okbakristos and Inda Andu belong to Inda Bahamenet), Inda Halies (there are not many, Inda Demshash belong to Inda Halies) and Inda Kelit (the first Residents of Adi Bakel, who emigrated from Maereba and discovered Adi Bakel).

Popular places
Inda dio is a popular place in Adi Bakel, which is west of St. Mary's Church. The residents of Adi Bakel describe Inda dio as a special and most beautiful place in the world. For the residents of Adi Bakel, Indadio is and was a place of love, laughter, games (especially football games), and peace. Inda dio has the qualities of a good mother, exudes contentment and makes everyone happy. The residents of Adi Bakel, mainly children and young people, play soccer almost all day until sunset and when the soccer game is over everyone runs to the entertainment room to get a seat, where they chat and laugh about the winners and losers of soccer.

Economy
The inhabitants live mainly from agriculture.

Others

 * Report of the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea, United Nations Human Rights Council Report, 8 June 2015
 * Documentary on Women's liberation in Eritrea
 * Tigrinya online learning with numbers, alphabet and history (Eritrea and north Ethiopia (Tigray-Province)).
 * Ferrovia Eritrea Eritrean Railway
 * Atlas of Eritrea
 * About Eritrea
 * Key Development Forecasts for Eritrea from International Futures.

Magazines

 * Special section about Eritrea from Espresso online magazine
 * History of Eritrea: First recordings – Munzinger – exploitation by colonialism and fight against colonialism (Italy, England, Ethiopia, Soviet Union, USA, Israel) – independence