Historically, the district of Wemberta has been an integral part of Enderta province, when Enderta was an independent province as well as an awraja as recent as the late 1990s [REF][REF] .
Atsbi Wenberta was one of nine woredas in Tigray most affected by a drought during 2008, requiring emergency food supplies requested for an estimated 600,000 people [REF].