Enebise Sar Midir is one of the

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s in the

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. This woreda is named in part after the historic district of Enebise, which was first mentioned in the 16th century. Part of the Misraq Gojjam Zone, Enbise Sar Midir is bordered on the south by Enarj Enawga, on the west by Goncha Siso Enese, and on the north and east by

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which separates it from the

Debub Gondar Zone South Gondar or Debub Gondar (Amharic: ደቡብ ጎንደር), is one of Zones in Amhara Region, Ethiopia. This zone is named for the city of Gondar, which was the capital of Ethiopia until the mid-19th century, and has often been used as a na ...

and

Debub Wollo Zone South Wollo (Amharic: ደቡብ ወሎ) is a zone in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. It acquired its name from the former province of Wollo. South Wollo is bordered on the south by North Shewa and the Oromia Special Zone (Amhara), on the west b ...

. The administrative center of this woreda is Mertule Mariam; other towns in Enbise Sar Midir include Dibo (Amharic ፡ድቦ)and Segno Gebeya(amharic፡ ሰኞ ገበያ).

Overview

The highest point in this woreda is Mount Abaminiwos, with an elevation of 3664 meters; other high points include Mount Yekendach. Other notable landmarks include the monastery at Mertule Mariam. The Abay is crossable at Daga ford, which connects this woreda with

Sayint Sayint (), also known as Amhara Sayint (), is a district in the Amhara Region, Ethiopia. It is named after the historical district of Amhara Sayint which was located in the same area. Part of the South Wollo Zone, Sayint is bordered on the south b ...

woreda in Debub Wollo. In 2002, Enebise Sar Midir was judged to be one of four chronically food insecure woredas in this part of the Amhara Region, due to much of their farmland being "extremely depleted, deforested and eroded". This woreda was selected as one of the three areas for Agri-Service Ethiopia to implement an Integrated Food Security Program. This Program operates in 10 of the woreda's

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s, with the goal of improving agricultural practices, developing new rural water sources, conserving use of local natural resources, training community health workers and building new schools.

Demographics

Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the

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of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 133,855, an increase of 23.20% over the 1994 census, of whom 66,139 are men and 67,716 women; 12,259 or 9.16% are urban inhabitants. With an area of 1,075.05 square kilometers, Enbise Sar Midir has a population density of 124.51, which is less than the Zone average of 153.8 persons per square kilometer. A total of 31,612 households were counted in this woreda, resulting in an average of 4.23 persons to a household, and 30,910 housing units. The majority of the inhabitants practiced

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, with 98.45% reporting that as their religion, while 1.49% of the population said they were

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. Those Muslims are inhabited in Yisasima (Amharic ፡ይሳስማ) Kebelle, which is located east of Dibo town. The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 108,649 in 23,351 households, of whom 54,043 were men and 54,606 were women; 7,375 or 6.79% of its population were urban dwellers. The largest ethnic group reported in Enbise Sar Midir was the Amhara (99.94%). The majority of the inhabitants practiced

, with 98.1% reporting that as their religion, while 1.8% were

.''1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Amhara Region'', Vol. 1, part 1
, Tables 2.1, 2.7, 2.10, 2.17, Annex II.2 (accessed 9 April 2009)

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