About Mek'ele
Mek'ele is a city in Tigray, Ethiopia with a population of 457,900. It is the 4th largest of the 232 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Ethiopia, and the 1,261st largest worldwide. It lies 504 km from Addis Ababa.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 18
Coordinates
13.497, 39.475
Record updated
22 November 2025
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 232 in EthiopiaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.