Guba Lafto
Guba Lafto | |
|---|---|
Woreda | |
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Semien Wollo | |
| Region | Amhara Region |
| Area | |
| • Total | 900.49 km2 (347.68 sq mi) |
| Population (2012 est.) | |
| • Total | 151,308 [1] |
Guba Lafto (
Overview
Guba Lafto, as well as the other seven rural woredas of this Zone, has been grouped amongst the 48 woredas identified as the most drought prone and food insecure in the Amhara Region.
Guba Lafto has a mountainous landscape, with its ranging from 1300 to 3900 meters above sea level.
Demographics
Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the
The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 139,151 in 34,716 households, of whom 69,975 were men and 69,176 were women; none of its population were reported to be urban dwellers. The largest ethnic group reported in Guba Lafto was the
Notes
- ^ a b Geohive: Ethiopia Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Seid Yassin, "Small-Scale Irrigation and Household Food Security: A Case Study of Three Irrigation Schemes in Gubalafto Woreda of North Wollo Zone, Amhara Region" Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine, Master's Thesis, Graduate School of the University of Addis Ababa (June 2002), p. 35
- ^ Seid Yassin, "Small-Scale Irrigation", p. 42
- ^ Svein Ege, "North Wälo 1:100,000. Topographic and administrative map of North Wälo Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia" Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine. Trondheim, NTNU, 2002
- ^ "AMAREW 2005 extension plan" Archived 2010-06-12 at the Wayback Machine, p. 3 (accessed 15 April 2009)
- ^ "Gabion Wire Box Production at Lenche Dima Watershed - Empowering Farmers Locally", AMAREW website (accessed 15 April 2009)
- ^ Census 2007 Tables: Amhara Region Archived 2010-11-14 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 Tables 2.1, 2.7, 2.10, 2.13, 2.17, Annex II.2
12°00′N 39°20′E / 12.000°N 39.333°E
