Dekemhare

Dekemhare (Tigrinya: ደቀምሓረ; sometimes spelled Decamare, Italian: Decamerè) is a town in Eritrea in the Southern Region, southeast of the national capital of Asmara.[3] The industrial production of the city did not resume after the British turned over the region to Ethiopia in 1951, and there were persistent rumors that efforts by major international companies to build factories were stopped by the Haile Selassie government.A site of early military actions between the ELF and the Ethiopian government, the town became controlled by rebel factions in 1977 who made it a primary organizing location.[3] On May 21, 1991, the EPLF took over Dekemhare which caused a disorganized retreat of Ethiopian troops and victory over Asmara and the end of large-scale military fighting.[4] In 2023, it was announced that African Development Fund (ADF) would assist the Eritrean government in constructing the country's first utility-scale solar plant in Dekemhare.