Dangila (woreda)
Dangila
ዳንግላ | |
|---|---|
Woreda | |
 Flag | |
| Zone | Agew Awi |
| Region | Amhara Region |
| Area | |
| • Total | 918.40 km2 (354.60 sq mi) |
| Population (2012 est.) | |
| • Total | 174,981 [1] |
Dangila (
Mirab Gojjam Zone. Towns in Dangila include Addis Alem, Dangila and Dek. Part of the Dangila was separated to create Jawi
woreda.
Dangila was selected by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development as an area for voluntary resettlement for farmers from overpopulated areas. Along with
Birr in infrastructure development.[4]
Demographics
Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the
Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 97.9% reporting that as their religion, and 1.88% of the population said they were Muslim.[5]
The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 149,091 in 25,994 households, of whom 74,486 were men and 74,605 were women; 18,301 or 12.28% of its population were urban dwellers. The two largest ethnic groups reported in Dangila were the
Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 97.1% reporting that as their religion, while 2.74% were Muslim.[6]
Notes
- ^ a b Geohive: Ethiopia Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Bruce, Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, selected and edited with an introduction by C.F. Beckingham (Edinburgh: University Press, 1964), p. 173.
- Walta Information Center(WIC)
- ^ "Close to 69mln birr infrastructural dev't works carried out in resettlement sites in Amhara state" (WIC)
- ^ 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)
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