Raya Azebo

Raya Azebo

ራያ ዓዘቦ
Raya Azebo ራያ ዓዘቦ
Country
Region	Tigray Region
Zone	Debubawi Zone
Area
• Total	2,132.83 km2 (823.49 sq mi)
Population (2007)
• Total	135,870

Raya Azebo is a district in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. The administrative center of this district is Mekhoni. Other towns in Raya Azebo include Kukufto, Bala, and Chercher.

History

Air raids during the civil war of the 1980s

During the Ethiopian Civil War, on 9 September 1989, Chercher was bombed by the Ethiopian Air Force 148 people were killed and over 100 wounded. On 12 September 1989, the village of Gerarsa (northeast of Mekhoni) was bombed and four people were wounded.^[1]

Administrative Boundaries

The territory of Raya-Azebo is located in the southern part of Tigray. It borders the Wello region of the Amhara state.

Demographics

Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the

Orthodox Christians, and 29.32% were Muslim.^[2]

The 1994 national census reported a total population for this district of 87,638 of whom 43,259 were men and 44,379 were women; 8,047 or 9.18% of its population were urban.

Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, and 30.82% were Muslim. Concerning education, 8.44% of the population were considered literate, which is less than the Zone average of 15.71%; 14.64% of children aged 7–12 were in primary school; 0.9% of the children aged 13–14 were in junior secondary school; and 0.31% of the inhabitants aged 15–18 were in senior secondary school. Concerning sanitary conditions, 56.9% of the urban houses and 13.4% of all houses had access to safe drinking water at the time of the census; 20.6% of the urban and about 4.7% of the total had toilet facilities.^[3]

References

^ Human Rights Watch, 24 July 1991: ETHIOPIA - "Mengistu has Decided to Burn Us like Wood" - Bombing of Civilians and Civilian Targets by the Air Force
^ Census 2007 Tables: Tigray Region, Tables 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.4.
^ 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region, Vol. 1, part 1, Tables 2.1, 2.12, 2.19, 3.5, 3.7, 6.3, 6.11, 6.13 (accessed 30 December 2008)

[1] Human Rights Watch, 24 July 1991: ETHIOPIA - "Mengistu has Decided to Burn Us like Wood" - Bombing of Civilians and Civilian Targets by the Air Force

[2] Census 2007 Tables: Tigray Region, Tables 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.4.

[3] 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region, Vol. 1, part 1, Tables 2.1, 2.12, 2.19, 3.5, 3.7, 6.3, 6.11, 6.13 (accessed 30 December 2008)

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Woredas of the Tigray Region
List of districts in the Tigray Region
Central Zone	Abergele Adwa Adwa Town Axum Enticho Kola Tembien Abiy Addi La'ilay Maychew Mereb Lehe Naeder Adet Tahtay Maychew Tanqua Millash Werie Lehe
Eastern Zone	Adigrat Atsbi Wenberta Ganta Afeshum Gulomahda Hawzen Irob Kilte Awulaelo Saesi Tsaedaemba Wukro
South Eastern Zone	Dogu'a Tembien Enderta Hintalo Wajirat Saharti Samre
Southern Zone	Alaje Alamata Endamekoni Korem Maychew Ofla Raya Azebo
Western Zone	Kafta Humera Tsegede Welkait
North Western Zone	Asgede Tsimbla La'ilay Adiyabo Medebay Zana Sheraro Shire Inda Selassie Tahtay Adiyabo Tahtay Koraro Tselemti Tsimbla
Special Zones	Mekelle