Siqurto foot tunnel
Overview | |
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Other name(s) | ስቑርቶ |
Location | Tigray, Ethiopia |
Coordinates | 14°06′53″N 39°25′48″E / 14.114837°N 39.430093°ECoordinates: 14°06′53″N 39°25′48″E / 14.114837°N 39.430093°E |
Crosses | Gobo Dogu’at ridge |
Start | May Zerqu’it |
End | Ga’ibien |
Operation | |
Operator | Local community |
Traffic | Pedestrian |
Technical | |
Length | 60 metres |
Tunnel clearance | 2.5 metres |
Width | 3 metres |
The Siqurto foot tunnel crosses beneath the ridge, which forms the water divide between the Giba and Weri'i basins. The ridge is part of the Mugulat Mountains, Tigray, Ethiopia,[1]
Design and construction[]
The tunnel was hewn in the Adigrat Sandstone rock in the same period when rock churches were built in Tigray.[2] During the period of Italian occupation of Ethiopia, local people closed and hid the tunnel, forcing Italian troops and administrators to travel longer distances.[3]
Location[]
The tunnel links[3]
- Nebelet and May Zerqu’it at the west
with
- Ga’ibien and Adigrat at the east.
The use of the tunnel allows decreasing the travel distance on foot between Nebelet and Adigrat by 8 kilometres.[3]
Usage[]
The tunnel is used daily by local farmers, with their donkeys, mules and oxen.[2]
Upgrade works[]
The bottom was strengthened with steps and pavement.[2]
Notes[]
- ^ Comment on “Modelling the effect of soil and water conservation practices in Tigray, Ethiopia” Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 105 (2005) 29–40
- ^ a b c Nyssen, Jan; Descheemaeker, Katrien; Zenebe, Amanuel; Poesen, Jean; Deckers, Jozef; Haile, Mitiku (2009). "Transhumance in the Tigray highlands (Ethiopia)". Mountain Research and Development. 29 (3): 255–264. doi:10.1659/mrd.00033.
- ^ a b c Nyssen, J., Tesfaalem Ghebreyohannes, Hailemariam Meaza, Dondeyne, S., 2020. Exploration of a medieval African map (Aksum, Ethiopia) – How do historical maps fit with topography? In: De Ryck, M., Nyssen, J., Van Acker, K., Van Roy, W., Liber Amicorum: Philippe De Maeyer In Kaart. Wachtebeke (Belgium): University Press: 165-178.
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