Magdala is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Debub Wollo Zone, Magdala is bordered on the southwest by Sayint, on the north by the Beshitta River which separates it from the Semien Wollo Zone, and on the east by Tenta. The major town in Magdala is Masha.

Magdala (Aramaic מגדלא Magdala or Hebrew מגדל Migdal, meaning "tower") was, according to the Bible, a small village in Galilee, which may have been the birthplace or the primary residence of Mary Magdalene, in the Christian New Testament.

Designating an orange-red dyestuff obtained from naphthylamine, and called magdala red, naphthalene red, etc.