Magdala (woreda)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mekdela
መቅደላ
Woreda
Flag of Mekdela
Flag
CountryEthiopia
RegionAmhara
ZoneSouth Wollo
Area
[1]
 • Total1,491.38 km2 (575.83 sq mi)
Population
 (2012 est.)[1]
 • Total154,389 [2]

Mekdela (Amharic: መቅደላ) is a woreda in Amhara Region, Ethiopia. Part of the Wollo, Mekdela is bordered on the southwest by the Walo Shabatala River which separates it from Sayint, on the west by Semien Gondar Zone, on the north by the Bashilo River which separates it from the Semien Wollo Zone, and on the east by Tenta. The major town in Mekdelais .

Elevations in this woreda range from 700 meters above sea level where the Bashilo leaves it to 3600 meters at its southeastern point on the upper slopes of ,

Demographics[]

Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 142,654, an increase of 34.03% over the 1994 census, of whom 69,626 are men and 73,028 women; 5,115 or 3.59% are urban inhabitants. With an area of 1,491.38 square kilometers, Mekdela has a population density of 95.65, which is less than the Zone average of 147.58 persons per square kilometer. A total of 35,041 households were counted in this woreda, resulting in an average of 4.07 persons to a household, and 33,622 housing units. The majority of the inhabitants were Muslim, with 70.94% reporting that as their religion, while 28.88% of the population said they practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.[3]

The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 106,435 in 25,813 households, of whom 52,567 were men and 53,868 were women; 2,037 or 1.91% of its population were urban dwellers. The largest ethnic group reported in Mekdela was the Amhara (99.96%). Amharic was spoken as a first language by 99.94%. The majority of the inhabitants were Muslim, with 71.83% of the population reported as practicing that belief, while 28.04% of the population said they professed Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.[4]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Geohive: Ethiopia Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Archived copy". www.geohive.com. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ Census 2007 Tables: Amhara Region Archived 2010-11-14 at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4.
  4. ^ 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Amhara Region, Vol. 1, part 1 Archived 2010-11-15 at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.7, 2.10, 2.13, 2.17, Annex II.2 (accessed 9 April 2009)

Coordinates: 11°30′N 38°45′E / 11.500°N 38.750°E / 11.500; 38.750


Stub icon

This article about a location in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

  • v
  • t
Retrieved from ""