Berehet
Berehet
በረኸት | |
|---|---|
Woreda | |
|
Semien Shewa | |
| Region | Amhara Region |
| Area | |
| • Total | 791.44 km2 (305.58 sq mi) |
| Population (2012 est.) | |
| • Total | 38,089 [1] |
Berehet (
Menjarna Shenkora, on the west by Hagere Mariamna Kesem, on the north by Asagirt, and on the east by the Afar Region. The major town in Berehet is Metiteh Bila
.
Berehet is the location of the
Menelik.[2]
Also during 1933 there was a battle between patriots and Italian army near to metiteh bila, finally they were bombed. That area was prohibited from farming activity for a long time and finally memorial built in 2013.
Demographics
Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the
Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 79.62% reporting that as their religion, while 20.19% of the population said they were Muslim.[3]
The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 30,786 in 5,741 households, of whom 15,789 were men and 14,997 were women; 1,328 or 4.31% of its population were urban dwellers. The two largest ethnic groups reported in Berehet were the
Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 79.21% reporting that as their religion, while 20.75% were Muslim.[4]
Notes
- ^ a b Geohive: Ethiopia Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Sven Rubenson, King of Kings: Tewodros of Ethiopia (Addis Ababa: Haile Selassie I University, 1966), p. 53
- ^ Census 2007 Tables: Amhara Region Archived November 14, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4.
- ^ 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Amhara Region, Vol. 1, part 1 Archived November 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.7, 2.10, 2.13, 2.17, Annex II.2 (accessed 9 April 2009)
9°20′N 39°30′E / 9.333°N 39.500°E
