South Gondar Zone
South Gondar
ደቡብ ጎንደር | |
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Zone | |
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| Country | Ethiopia |
| Region | Amhara |
| Largest city | Debre Tabor |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14,095.19 km2 (5,442.18 sq mi) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 2,051,738 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (380/sq mi) |
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South Gondar or Debub Gondar (
, which was the capital of Ethiopia until the mid-19th century, and has often been used as a name for the local province.South Gondar is bordered on the south by
The highest point in South Gondar is Mount Guna (4,231 meters). Towns and cities in this zone include Addis Zemen, Debre Tabor and Wereta.
Demographics
Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the
The 1994 national census reported a total population for this Zone of 1,768,732 in 393,311 households, of whom 904,796 were men and 863,936 women; 116,702 or 6.6% of its population were urban dwellers at the time. The largest ethnic group reported in South Gondar was the
According to a May 24, 2004 World Bank memorandum, 4% of the inhabitants of South Gondar have access to electricity, this zone has a road density of 66.1 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers (compared to the national average of 30 kilometers),[4] the average rural household has 1 hectare of land (compared to the national average of 1.01 hectare of land and an average of 0.75 for the Amhara Region)[5] and the equivalent of 0.6 heads of livestock. 14% of the population is in non-farm related jobs, compared to the national average of 25% and a Regional average of 21%. 49% of all eligible children are enrolled in primary school, and 9% in secondary schools. 55% of the zone is exposed to malaria, and none to tsetse fly. The memorandum gave this zone a drought risk rating of 514.[6]
Notes
- ^ a b "Geohive: Ethiopia". Archived from the original on 2012-08-05.
- ^ Census 2007 Tables: Amhara Region, 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, 2.11, 2.14, 2.17 (accessed 6 April 2009).
- ^ "Ethiopia - Second Road Sector Development Program Project", p.3 (World Bank Project Appraisal Document, published 19 May 2003)
- ^ Comparative national and regional figures comes from the World Bank publication, Klaus Deininger et al. "Tenure Security and Land Related Investment", WP-2991 Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 23 March 2006).
- ^ World Bank, Four Ethiopias: A Regional Characterization (accessed 23 March 2006).
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