Enbise Sar Midir
Enebise Sar Midir | |
|---|---|
Woreda | |
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Misraq Gojjam | |
| Region | Amhara Region |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,075.05 km2 (415.08 sq mi) |
| Population (2012 est.) | |
| • Total | 146,000 [1] |
Enebise Sar Midir is one of the
Overview
The highest point in this woreda is Mount Abaminiwos, with an elevation of 3664 meters; other high points include Mount Yekendach. Other notable landmarks include the monastery at Mertule Mariam. The Abay is crossable at Daga ford, which connects this woreda with Sayint woreda in Debub Wollo.
In 2002, Enebise Sar Midir was judged to be one of four chronically food insecure woredas in this part of the Amhara Region, due to much of their farmland being "extremely depleted, deforested and eroded".[3]
This woreda was selected as one of the three areas for Agri-Service Ethiopia to implement an Integrated Food Security Program. This Program operates in 10 of the woreda's
Demographics
Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the
The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 108,649 in 23,351 households, of whom 54,043 were men and 54,606 were women; 7,375 or 6.79% of its population were urban dwellers. The largest ethnic group reported in Enbise Sar Midir was the
Notes
- ^ a b Geohive: Ethiopia Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ C.F. Beckingham and G.W.B. Huntingford, Some records of Ethiopia, 1593-1646 (London: Hakluyt Society, 1954), p. 240.
- ^ Hugo Rämi, "Fewer surpluses in Gojam and Awi and Severe shortages in lowland areas of Abaye River Gorg " Archived 2010-10-11 at the Wayback Machine, UN-OCHA Assessment Mission, October 2002 (accessed 23 April 2009)
- ^ Operational Areas (Agri-Service Ethiopia)
- ^ 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, 2.17, Annex II.2 (accessed 9 April 2009)
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