It has a geographical coordinates of 10° 18' 0" North, 39° 40' 0" East, with an altitude of 3132 m above sea level.
Mehal Meda is an administrative center of the Menz Gera Midir woreda in the Amhara Region, Ethiopia.
The woreda is partly named after the northern district of the former province of Menz, Gera Meder.
Located at the eastern edge of the Ethiopian highlands in the Semien Shewa Zone, Menz Gera Midir is bordered on the south by Menz Lalo Midir, on the southwest by Menz Keya Gebreal, on the west by the Qechene River which separates it from the Debub Wollo Zone, on the north by Gishe, on the northeast by Antsokiyana Gemza, and on the east by Efratana Gidim.
Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA) the town has a total population of 11,055.