Kewet (woreda)
Kewet
ቀወት | |
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Woreda | |
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Semien Shewa | |
| Region | Amhara |
| Area | |
| • Total | 785.85 km2 (303.42 sq mi) |
| Population (2012 est.) | |
| • Total | 130,145[2] |
Kewet (
Between 1994 and 2004 the boundaries of Kewet changed slightly. One
The Argobba villages in this woreda are located in the kebeles of Guze—which include Wankar, Dedeger, Bosen, Alwad, and Kelebar Mashla, arranged around the foot of Guze Guba—and Rasa Guba. The hill of Guze Guba, according to local elders interviewed by Kebedde Geleta, having "only one entrance and one exit always guarded by watchment" served the Argobba "both as a settlement and a fort." Kebedde's article includes an inventory of the mosques in these villages, which include one containing household items said to belong to Sheikh Faqi Ahmed and another in ruins, as well as several cemeteries including the one containing the tomb of "Sheikh Hussein from Arsi, son of Yeliuyuy".[4]
Demographics
Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the
The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 107,644 in 19,714 households, of whom 54,559 were men and 53,085 were women; 14,287 or 13.27% of its population were urban dwellers. The three largest ethnic groups reported in Kewet were the
Notes
- ^ a b Geohive: Ethiopia Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "GeoHive - Ethiopia population statistics". www.geohive.com. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ Svein Ege, "North Shäwa 1:100,000. Topographic and administrative map of North Shäwa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia."[permanent dead link], p. 4
- ^ Kebedde Geleta, "A Survey on Argobba Sites in Northern Shoa", Annales d'Éthiopie, 16 (2000), pp. 188–191
- ^ 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 Archived 2010-11-15 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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