Ebenat (woreda)
Ebenat
እብናት | |
|---|---|
Woreda | |
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Debub Gondar | |
| Region | Amhara Region |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,481.15 km2 (957.98 sq mi) |
| Population (2012 est.) | |
| • Total | 238,914 [1] |
Ebenat (Amharic: እብናት) also spelled Ibnat is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. It is named after the former district that lay roughly in the same area; the woreda itself dates from
the mid-1960s.Semine (North) Wollo Zone, and on the southeast by Lay Gayint. The administrative center of Ebenat is Ebenat.
Demographics
Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the
Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 98.15% reporting that as their religion, while 1.39% of the population said they were Muslim.[3]
The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 163,413 in 33,972 households, of whom 83,861 were men and 79,552 were women; 9,704 or 5.94% of its population were urban dwellers. The largest ethnic group reported in Ebenat was the
Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity with 98.31% reporting that as their belief, while 1.65% of the population said they were Muslim.[4]
Notes
- ^ a b Geohive: Ethiopia Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Local History in Ethiopia" Archived 2011-05-28 at the Wayback Machine The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 6 November 2007)
- ^ Census 2007 Tables: Tigray 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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