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feeling of relief. The town was then named
Gahtelay. For travelers in the area, Gahtelai was one of the hottest and driest places they could ever pass through and as if the sweltering heat and dryness was not enough, the vast plain, which is surrounded by hills, exposed the travellers to attacks from various enemies and bandits. Today, thanks in large to aid from
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The name refers to the unpredictable rainfall patterns in the village. A long time ago, the rainy season was not consistent; it rained and stopped raining at any time of the year. So, people in
Gahtelay uttered the word ‘Gahteley’ or ‘water is back’ whenever it started raining to express their
149:. It is not the correct meaning of Gahtelai written in Tigrinya. Because the word is of Saho "gahte" means is back and "lai" means water. Gahtelai Means back water, because the river is seasonal . In addition the region is mainly inhabited by the Saho people.
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Gahtelai is also the name of a seasonal river that starts as runoff from the eastern escarpments of the
Eritrean highlands and snakes its way through the town and plain (with the same names) to empty in the Red Sea just north of Massawa.
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Gahtelai, about 80 km from Asmara and 35 km from the port of Massawa. In this town, there is another newly constructed asphalt-road (completed in 2005) that connects Gahtelai with the town of
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