Ayikel
Ayikel (
Semien Gondar Zone of the Amhara Region, it has a latitude and longitude of 12°33′N 37°04′E / 12.550°N 37.067°E with an altitude of 2146 meters above sea level. The settlement is situated on the east–west road connecting Gondar with Metemma, and is the administrative center of Chilga woreda
.
Ayikel is mentioned, by its older name of "Chilga", by
Susenyos in 1606 appointed the deposed king of Senaar, Abd al-Qadir as governor.[1]
Demographics
Based on figures from the
Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this town has an estimated total population of 14,480 of whom 7,063 are men and 7,417 are women.[2]
The 1994 census reported Dengel Ber had a total population of 8,364 of whom 3,716 were men and 4,648 were women.
Notes
- ^ Bruce, Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile (London, 1790), vol. 3 pp. 298f
- ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics Archived November 23, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, Table B.4
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