Western Tigray belongs to Tigray and is found in the western part of Tigray hence the name “Western Tigray”.
The Dergue era population ethnic composition and language census shows that Western Tigray has always been resided by Tigrigna speaking ethnic Tigrayans. Please check below the 1978 Gregorian Calendar (1971 Ethiopian Calendar) map of ethnic compositions in Ethiopia
In a related note please check the 1991 GC census results
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Here is even an older 200 years old writing proving the same by giving the districts under Tigray 200 years ago.
The last Monarch prince Raesi Mengesha Seyoum also speaks how when growing up all Western Tigray and Southern Tigray to Alwuha Milash belonged to Tigray. Western Tigray and portions of Southern Tigray was taken from Tigray by Haileslassie in 1948EC and 1949EC (1955 and 1956 GC) and given to his son Algaworash Asfawoson as a gift to expand his administration and punish the Woyane peasant upraising despite the place belonging to Tigray under his father’s Raesi Seyoum rule.
The same is also testified by the grandson of the then ruler of Wolqait district Raesi Hagos.
The grandson of Raesi Araya (Uncle of King Yohannes IV) named Raesi Muuz also speaks the same facts. We are very lucky to have them alive to testify to the facts
Below are also few more supporting documents if you can speak Amharic (or let me know if you need translations)
- 1955 Tigrigna speakers Italy map legend
2. Dergue letter complaining TPLF support in WeQait Tsegede because they are Tigrigna speakers in 1976 EC (1984GC)
To learn more, please check the following link
What is happening now is an ethnic cleansing against all Tigrayan residents in Western Tigray where 1.2 million are ethnically cleansing Tigrayans from Western Tigray (please note that, this means almost all Tigrayans in Western Tigray) as reported by the US state department, the united nations human rights office, the European Union, and numerous international media.