Menz Keya Gebreal (Amharic: መንዝ ቀያ ጋሪኤል) is one of the
woreda
Districts of Ethiopia, also called woredas ( am, ወረዳ; ''woreda''), are the third level of the administrative divisions of Ethiopia – after '' zones'' and the '' regional states''.
These districts are further subdivided into a number of ...
s in the
Amhara Region
The Amhara Region ( am, አማራ ክልል, Åmara Kilil), officially the Amhara National Regional State (), is a regional state in northern Ethiopia and the homeland of the Amhara people. Its capital is Bahir Dar which is the seat of the R ...
of
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the Er ...
. Located in the
Semien Shewa Zone, Menz Keya Gebreal is bordered on the southeast by
Menz Lalo Midir, on the southwest by the
Jamma River which separated it from
Moretna Jiru
Moretna Jeru (Amharic ሞረትና ጅሩ "Moret and Jeru") is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. It is named in part after the historic district of Shewa, Moret, which lay between the Jamma River and the district of Shewa Me ...
, on the west by
Merhabiete, on the northwest by the
Qechene River which separates it from the
Debub Wollo Zone, and on the northeast by
Menz Gera Midir. The administrative center of this woreda is
Zemero. Menz Keya Gebreal was part of the former
Gera Midirna Keya Gebriel woreda.
Demographics
Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the
Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 46,219, of whom 22,965 are men and 23,254 women; 2,623 or 5.68% are urban inhabitants. The majority of the inhabitants practiced
Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ( am, የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን, ''Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan'') is the largest of the Oriental Orthodox Churches. One of the few Chris ...
, with 99.64% reporting that as their religion.
Census 2007 Tables: Amhara Region
, Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4.
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Districts of Amhara Region