Minjarna Shenkora
Minjarna Shenkora
ምንጃርና ሸንኮራ | |
|---|---|
Woreda | |
|
Semien Shewa | |
| Region | Amhara |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,509.93 km2 (582.99 sq mi) |
| Population (2012 est.) | |
| • Total | 140,639[2] |
Minjarna Shenkora (
Oromia Region, on the northwest by Hagere Mariamna Kesem, and on the northeast by Berehet; the Germama (or Kesem) river forms the boundary between this woreda and Hagere Mariamna Kesem and Berehet. The administrative center of this woreda is Arerti; other towns in the woreda include Balchi and Eranbuti
.
This woreda is served by the
Addis Ababa - Djibouti Railway with a station at Malka Jilo
. It is the only woreda in the Amhara Region with a train station.
Demographics
Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the
Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 94% reporting that as their religion, while 5.73% of the population said they were Muslim.[4]
The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 99,402 in 17,787 households, of whom 51,537 were men and 47,865 were women; 8,378 or 8.43% of its population were urban dwellers. The three largest ethnic groups reported in Menjarna Shenkora were the
Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 94.74% reporting that as their religion, while 5.15% were Muslim.[5]
Notes
- ^ 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 30 June 2022.
- ^ Journals of the Rev. Messrs. Isenberg and Krapf, Missionaries of the Church Missionary Society, Detailing their proceedings in the kingdom of Shoa, and journeys in other parts of Abyssinia, in the years 1839, 1840, 1841 and 1842, (London, 1843), p. 288
- ^ 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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