page_title: Abergele (woreda)
section_title: Livestock
hierarchical_section_title: Abergele (woreda) / Agriculture / Livestock
caption_attribution_description: Abergele cattle in Tigray, Ethiopia
context_page_description: Tanqua Abergele is one of the woredas in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mehakelegnaw Zone, Abergele is bordered on the south and west by the Amhara Region, then by the Tekezé River on the west which separates it from Amhara Region and the Semien Mi'irabawi Zone, on the north by Kola Tembien, on the east by Degua Tembien and on the southeast by the Debub Misraqawi Zone. The administrative center of this woreda is Yechila; other towns in Abergele include Sele and Jijike. Abergele is one of the low lying districts of central Tigray and the Tanqua River, which originates near Hagere Selam, flows through this woreda and joins the Geba just north of Jijike. It further feeds the Tekezze River. The Tekezé Dam is also located in this woreda.
context_section_description: In 2001, 89% of the farmers both raised crops and livestock, while 10% only grew crops and 0.5% only raised livestock.
  Mainly used for draught, among the different cattle landraces in Tigray, Abergele is outstanding, as it holds its own landrace, the small and resistant Abergele cattle.
  Other varieties include the Arado cattle, the widely dominant variety of adjacent districts. In addition, long-horned Raya oxen are purchased from Southern Tigray as draught animals.
caption: Abergele cattle
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