Maychew (Tigrinya ማይጭው "Salty water," also transliterate Mai Ceu, Maich'ew, and Mai Cio) is a town in northern Ethiopia. Located 190 kilometers north of Dessie on the Addis Ababa - Asmara highway in the Debubawi (Southern) Zone of the Tigray Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 12°47′N, 39°32′E and an elevation of 2479 meters. It is the administrative center of Endamehoni woreda.