Native Name: | መኻል ሣይንት |
Settlement Type: | Woreda |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ethiopia |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Zone |
Subdivision Name1: | Amhara |
Subdivision Name2: | South Wollo |
Area Total Km2: | 1,437.30 |
Population Total: | 156,940 https://web.archive.org/web/20120805184429/http://www.geohive.com/cntry/ethiopia.aspx |
Population As Of: | 2012 est. |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Mehal Sayint (Amharic: መኻል ሣይንት)s one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. It is named after the historic district of Sayint. Part of the Debub Wollo Zone, Mehal Sayint is bordered on the south by Debre Sina, and on the north and east by Sayint. Mehal Sayint was separated from Sayint.
Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 73,432, of whom 36,369 are men and 37,063 women. The majority of the inhabitants said they practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 96.19% reporting that as their religion, while 3.79% of the population were Muslim.[2]