 One of the two parts with an Amhara majority went to the new Amhara Region, the other (which kept the old name) had a majority of Tigrayans and was allocated within the Tigray Region.Ever since the split there were ethnic tensions as Amhara people considered themselves the majority in Welkait (and asked to be moved to Amhara region) while the "new" Welkait woreda (which kept the original name) was smaller than the "old" Welkait and had a Tigrayan majority.These ethnic tensions around Welkait woreda played a decisive role during the 2016 Ethiopian protests.