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Takusa
Takusa (Amharic: ጣቁሳ) is a woreda in Amhara Region, Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Gondar Zone, Takusa is bordered on the south by Alefa, on the west by Qwara, on the northwest by the Metemma, on the north by Chilga, on the northeast by Dembiya, and on the east by Lake Tana. Towns in Takusa include Delgi. Takusa was part of Alefa woreda. Demographics Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 129,097, of whom 65,782 are men and 63,315 women; 7,087 or 5.5% are urban inhabitants. The majority of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church () is the largest of the Oriental Orthodox Churches. One of the few Christian churches in Africa originating before European colonization of the continent, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church dates bac ..., with 99% reporting that as their religion. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alefa
Alefa (Amharic: ዐለፋ) is one of the ''woredas'' in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Gondar Zone, Alefa is bordered on the southwest by the Agew Awi Zone, on the west by Qwara, on the north by Takusa, on the east by Lake Tana and on the southeast by the Mirab Gojjam Zone. The administrative center of Alefa is Shawra; other towns include Dengel Ber, Esey Dibir and Gomenge. Rivers include the Dinder. Jawi and Takusa woredas were separated from Alefa. Alefa is named after the historic region to the southwest of Lake Tana, which was the target of a punitive expedition led by Emperor Susenyos in 1608. Demographics Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 170,491, an increase of -20.32% over the 1994 census, of whom 86,350 are men and 84,141 women; 11,639 or 6.83% are urban inhabitants. With an area of 1,961.66 square kilometers, Alefa has a population density of 86. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qwara (woreda)
Qwara () is one of the Districts of Ethiopia, woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Qwara is named after the former province of Qwara province, Qwara, which was in the same area. Located at the westernmost point of the Semien Gondar Zone, Qwara is bordered on the south by the Benishangul-Gumuz Region, on the west by Sudan, on the north by Metemma (woreda), Metemma, on the east by Takusa and Alefa, and on the southeast by Agew Awi Zone; part of its boundary with the Benishangul-Gumaz Region is defined by the Dinder River. The administrative center of this woreda is Gelegu; other settlements include Tewodros Ketema. History After the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party (EPRP) was defeated for control of northern Ethiopia, one wing of the EPRP moved to Qwara where it continued to fight against both the Derg and the Tigray People's Liberation Front, TPLF. Qwara was selected by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Ethiopia), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Devel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metemma (woreda)
Metemma (Amharic: መተማ) is a woreda in Amhara Region, Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Gondar Zone, Metemma is bordered on the south by Qwara, on the west by Sudan, on the north by Mirab Armachiho, on the northeast by Tach Armachiho, on the east by Chilga, and on the southeast by Takusa. The administrative center is Shehedi; other towns in Metemma include Metemma and Shinfa. Overview Elevations in this woreda range between 550 and 1600 meters above sea level. annual rainfall ranges from 850 to around 1100mm. the temperature is with in the range of 13.6 to 35.5 with higher temperature readings of about up to 41 in warmest months. Rivers include the Atbarah, the Genda Wuha, the Guang and the Shenfa. The natural vegetation of this woreda is predominantly ''Acacia'' trees with ''Hyparrhenia'' grasses growing beneath. Another common tree here is Neem (''Azadirachta indica''), which is frequently planted along roads in the towns, and as shade trees in rural areas. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chilga
Chilga (Amharic language, Amharic: ጭልጋ ''č̣ilgā'') also Chelga, Ch'ilga is a Districts of Ethiopia, woreda in Amhara Region, Ethiopia. It is named after its chief town Chilga (also known as Ayikel), an important stopping point on the historic Gondar-Sudan trade route. Part of the Maekelawi Gondar Zone, Chilga is bordered on the south by Takusa, on the west by Metemma (woreda), Metemma, on the north by Tach Armachiho, on the northeast by Lay Armachiho, and on the east by Dembiya (woreda), Dembiya. Other towns in Chilga include Seraba and Wohni. Overview Elevations in this woreda range between 1000 and 1500 meters above sea level. Rivers include the Atbarah River, Atbarah. A survey of the land in this woreda shows that 21.7% is arable or cultivable, 1.9% pasture, 22.3% forest or shrubland, and the remaining 54.1% is considered degraded or other. This survey covered more of the woreda than the sample enumeration performed by the Central Statistical Agency (Ethiopia), Centra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dembiya (woreda)
Dembiya (Amharic: ደምቢያ) is a woreda in Amhara Region, Ethiopia. It is named for the former province of Dembiya, which was located roughly in the same location. Part of the Semien, Dembiya is bordered on the south by Lake Tana, on the southwest by Takusa, on the west by Chilga, on the north by Lay Armachiho, and on the east by Gondar Zuria. Towns in Dembiya include Aymiba, Chuahit, Gorgora and Koladiba. Rivers within this woreda include the Lesser Angereb and Derma, which flow south into Lake Tana, and the Atbarah. A survey of the land in this woreda shows that 64% is arable or cultivable and another 25% under irrigation, 6% pasture, 4% forest or shrubland, and the remaining 1% is considered degraded or other. 287 square kilometers adjacent to Lake Tana is subject to regular and extensive flooding. Local History The location of the Battle of Gur Amba, where Ras Kassa (the later Emperor Tewodros II) defeated Dejazmach Goshu Zewde 27 November 1852, lies within the mode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delgi
Delgi (Amharic: ደልጊ) is a town in the Amhara region western Ethiopia. Located on the north-western shore of Lake Tana in the Semien Gondar Zone of the Amhara Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation of 1785 meters above sea level. It is the only towns in Takusa woreda and rich in agricultural product and fishery. A weekly ferry connects Delgi with Gorgora and Bahir Dar. The Scots explorer James Bruce paused for an hour at the church of Delgi Mariam 30 Oct 1770, and in his memoirs recalled the village of Delgi "adjoining to it he church is but small". Nearby is the hill of Goy Mariam, where at the time "the queen-mother has a house"; Bruce further recorded, "All the habitations in this country were burnt by Ras Michael in his return to Gondar after the battle of Fagitta. Arthur J. Hayes passed through Delgi twice in 1904 during his circumambulation of Lake Tana, spending three days there in January and three more the next month. Demographics B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woredas Of Ethiopia
Districts of Ethiopia, also called woredas (; ''woreda''), are the third level of the administrative divisions of Ethiopia – after ''List of zones of Ethiopia, zones'' and the ''Regions of Ethiopia, regional states''. These districts are further subdivided into a number of Ward (country subdivision), wards called ''kebele'' neighbourhood associations, which are the smallest unit of local government in Ethiopia. Overview Districts are typically collected together into List of zones of Ethiopia, zones, which form a Regions of Ethiopia, region; districts which are not part of a zone are designated Special Districts and function as autonomous administrative division, autonomous entities. Districts are governed by a council whose members are directly elected to represent each Wards_of_Ethiopia, ''kebele'' in the district. There are about 670 rural districts and about 100 urban districts. Terminology varies, with some people considering the urban units to be ''woreda'', while ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semien Gondar Zone
North Gondar (Amharic: ሰሜን ጎንደር; or Semien Gondar) is a zone in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. This zone is named for the city of Gondar, the capital of Ethiopia until the mid-19th century. Geography North Gondar is bordered on the south by Central Gondar Zone, on the north by the Tigray Region, and on the east by Wag Hemra. Towns and cities in North Gondar include Arbaya, Dabat, Dembiya, Debark, Emfranz, Feres Megria, Musebamb Town, Kurbi, Armachiho, Gondar, Tekeldengy, Gorgora and Metemma. Demographics Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), North Gondar Zone had a total population of 2,929,628, an increase of 40.26% over the 1994 census, of whom 1,486,040 are men and 1,443,588 women; with an area of 45,944.63 square kilometers, North Gondar had a population density of 63.76. While 462,700 or 15.79% are urban inhabitants, a further 2,148 or 0.07% are pastoralists. A total of 654,803 households were count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regions Of Ethiopia
Ethiopia is a federation subdivided into ethno-linguistically based regional states (Amharic: plural: ክልሎች ''kililoch''; singular: ክልል ''kilil''; Oromo language, Oromo: singular: ''Naannoo''; plural: ''Naannolee'') and chartered cities (Amharic: plural: አስተዳደር አካባቢዎች ''astedader akababiwoch''; singular: አስተዳደር አካባቢ ''astedader akabibi''). This system of administrative regions replaced the provinces of Ethiopia in 1992. As of August 2023, there are twelve regional states and two chartered cities (Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa). Being based on ethnicity and language, rather than physical geography or history, the regions vary enormously in area and population; the most notable example is the Harari Region, which has a smaller area and population than either of the chartered cities. Governance The regions are each governed by a regional council whose members are directly elected to represent Districts of Ethiopia, woredas ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amhara Region
The Amhara Region (), officially the Amhara National Regional State (), is a Regions of Ethiopia, regional state in northern Ethiopia and the homeland of the Amhara people, Amhara, Awi people, Awi, Xamir people, Xamir, Argobba people, Argobba, and Qemant people, Qemant people. Its capital is Bahir Dar which is the seat of the Government of Amhara Region, Regional Government of Amhara. Amhara is the site of the largest inland body of water in Ethiopia, Lake Tana (which is the source of the Blue Nile), and Semien Mountains National Park (which includes Ras Dashan, the highest point in Ethiopia). Amhara is bordered by Sudan to the west and northwest and by other the regions of Ethiopia: Tigray Region, Tigray to the north, Afar Region, Afar to the east, Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Benishangul-Gumuz to the west and southwest, and Oromia to the south. Towns and cities in Amhara include: Bahir Dar, Dessie, Gondar, Gonder, Debre Birhan, Debre Tabor, Kombolcha, Weldiya, Debre Markos, Soqota, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amharic
Amharic is an Ethio-Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amhara people, and also serves as a lingua franca for all other metropolitan populations in Ethiopia. The language serves as the official working language of the Ethiopian federal government, and is also the official or working language of several of Ethiopia's federal regions. In 2020 in Ethiopia, it had over 33.7 million mother-tongue speakers of which 31 million are ethnically Amhara, and more than 25.1 million second language speakers in 2019, making the total number of speakers over 58.8 million. Amharic is the largest, most widely spoken language in Ethiopia, and the most spoken mother-tongue in Ethiopia. Amharic is also the second most widely spoken Semitic language in the world (after Arabic). Amharic is written left-to-right using a system that grew out of the Geʽez script. The segmental writing system in whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Ethiopia
Districts of Ethiopia, also called woredas (; ''woreda''), are the third level of the administrative divisions of Ethiopia – after ''List of zones of Ethiopia, zones'' and the ''Regions of Ethiopia, regional states''. These districts are further subdivided into a number of Ward (country subdivision), wards called ''kebele'' neighbourhood associations, which are the smallest unit of local government in Ethiopia. Overview Districts are typically collected together into List of zones of Ethiopia, zones, which form a Regions of Ethiopia, region; districts which are not part of a zone are designated Special Districts and function as autonomous administrative division, autonomous entities. Districts are governed by a council whose members are directly elected to represent each Wards_of_Ethiopia, ''kebele'' in the district. There are about 670 rural districts and about 100 urban districts. Terminology varies, with some people considering the urban units to be ''woreda'', while ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
