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Input (English): Context_1 : Mekoni, also Mehoni (Ge'ez: መኾኒ), is a town in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. "Mekoni" (pronounced as 'Me-koni') is located at 657 km north of Addis Ababa along Ethiopian Highway 2 which runs to Mekelle  (the capital city of Tigray region), Adigrat, Aksum, Shire and Humera with an altitude of 2479 m. Context_2 : The Kingdom of Aksum (also known as the Kingdom of Axum, or the Aksumite Empire) was an ancient kingdom located in present-day Eritrea and the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Ruled by the Aksumites, it existed from approximately 100 AD to 940 AD. The polity was centered in the city of Axum. It grew from the proto-Aksumite Iron Age period around the 4th century BC to achieve prominence by the 1st century AD, and became a major player on the commercial route between the Roman Empire and Ancient India. The Aksumite rulers facilitated trade by minting their own Aksumite currency, with the state establishing its hegemony over the declining Kingdom of Kush. It also regularly entered the politics of the kingdoms on the Arabian Peninsula, and eventually extended its rule over the region with the conquest of the Himyarite Kingdom. The Persian Prophet Mani (died 274 AD) regarded Axum as one of the four great powers of his time, alongside Persia, Rome, and China. Context_3 : Ruth Abraha, also known as Rutta Abraha, is a singer from Eritrea. She is the lead singer of the group Wari. Context_4 : Humera (also Himora or officially, Setit Humora, Ge'ez ሰቲት ሑመራ "Setit hūmerā") is a town and separate woreda in the western Tigray Regional State of Ethiopia, near the borders of Sudan and Eritrea. Located in Western Zone or Mi'irabawi Zone of the Tigray Region, this town has a latitude and a longitude of . Humera was part of Kafta Humera woreda. Context_5 : Tigray Region (ክልል ትግራይ "kilil Tigrāy") is the northernmost of the nine regions ("kililat") of Ethiopia. Tigray is the homeland of the Tigrayans, Irob and Kunama peoples. Tigray is also known as Region 1 according to the federal constitution. Its capital is Mek'ele (also spelt Mekelle). Tigray is the 6th largest by area, the 4th most populous, and the 10th most densely populated of the 9 Regional States. The state's capital and largest city is Mekelle. Context_6 : Abraha (also spelled Abreha, died after AD 553; r. 525–at least 553), also known as Abraha al-Ashram (Arabic: أبرهة الأشرم), was an Axumite army general, then the viceroy of southern Arabia for the Kingdom of Aksum, and later declared himself an independent King of Himyar. Abraha ruled much of present-day Arabia and Yemen from at least 531–547 AD to 555–565 AD. Context_7 : Aksumite currency was coinage produced and used within the Kingdom of Aksum (or Axum) centered in present-day Eritrea and the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. It was issued and circulated from the reign of King Endubis around AD 270 until it began its decline in the first half of the 7th century. During the succeeding medieval period, Mogadishu currency, minted by the Sultanate of Mogadishu, was the most widely circulated currency in the Horn of Africa. Context_8 : Raya Azebo is one of the woredas in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Located in the Debubawi Zone at the eastern edge of the Ethiopian highlands, Raya Azebo is part of the Southern Tigray Region. The administrative center of this woreda is Mekoni. Other towns in Raya Azebo include Weyra Wuha, Chercher, Adi Abdera, Kukufto, Bala and Hade Alga. Context_9 : Ezana of Axum (Ge'ez: "ʿĒzānā" unvocalized ዐዘነ "ʿzn"; also spelled Aezana or Aizan) was ruler of the Kingdom of Aksum (320s – c. 360CE) located in present-day Eritrea, Northern Ethiopia, Yemen, southern Saudi Arabia, northern Somalia, Djibouti, northern Sudan, and southern Egypt. He himself employed the style (official title) "king of Saba and Salhen, Himyar and Dhu-Raydan". Tradition states that Ezana succeeded his father Ella Amida (Ousanas) while still a child and his mother, Sofya served as regent. Context_10 : The Abyssinian people (Ge'ez: ), or most commonly known as the Habesha or Abesha, are a people inhabiting the Horn of Africa. They include a few linguistically, culturally and ancestrally related ethnic groups in the Ethiopian Highlands. Members' cultural, linguistic, and in certain cases, ancestral origins trace back to the Kingdom of Dʿmt (usually vocalized Diʿamat) and the Kingdom of Aksum. Scholars have classified the Amhara and the Tigreans as Abyssinians proper. The Ge'ez speaking people, minimally affected by Sabaean influence, formed the ethnic and cultural stock for both the pre-Axumite and Axumite states. Ge'ez, which is closely related to Tigrinya and Tigre, is also believed to be the ancestor of the diverse southern Ethiopian Semitic languages including Amharic. Together, the Amhara and Tigray constitute over 33% of Ethiopia's population (c. 27 million Amhara, 6.1 million Tigray). fact_1 : Abraha (also spelled Abreha, died after AD 553; r. 525–at least 553), also known as Abraha al-Ashram (Arabic: أبرهة الأشرم), was an Axumite army general, then the viceroy of southern Arabia for the Kingdom of Aksum, and later declared himself an independent King of Himyar. fact_2 : The Kingdom of Aksum (also known as the Kingdom of Axum, or the Aksumite Empire) was an ancient kingdom located in present-day Eritrea and the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Answer: Ethiopia
Output (English): Abraha, also known as Abraha alAshram,  was an Axumite army general, then the viceroy of southern Arabia for the Kingdom of Aksum, was an ancient kingdom located in presentday Eritrea and the Tigray Region, of which country?