Kutaber (woreda)

Coordinates: 11°20′N 39°15′E / 11.333°N 39.250°E / 11.333; 39.250
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Kutaber
Woreda
South Wollo
Area
 • Total719.92 km2 (277.96 sq mi)
Population
 (2012 est.)[1]
 • Total103,489 [1]

Kutaber (

Debub Wollo Zone, Kutaber is bordered on the south by Dessie Zuria, on the west by the Adila River which separates it from Tenta, on the north by the Walano which separates it from Ambassel, and on the east by Tehuledere; both the Adila and the Walano, as well as all rivers in this woreda are tributaries of the Bashilo River. The major town in Kutaber is Kutaber
.

Elevations in this woreda range from 800 meters at the northernmost point where the Walano joins the Bashilo, to 3200 meters in the hills around Kutaber and the ridge dividing the Entade and Guba Lafto Rivers.[2]

Demographics

Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the

Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.[3]

The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 126,805 in 27,884 households, of whom 62,556 were men and 64,249 were women; 2,849 or 2.25% of its population were urban dwellers[

Notes

  1. ^ a b Geohive: Ethiopia Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Svein Ege, South Wälo 1:100,000. Topographic and administrative map of South Wälo Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia. Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine Trondheim, NTNU, 2004
  3. ^ 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.
  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)

11°20′N 39°15′E / 11.333°N 39.250°E / 11.333; 39.250