Menz Keya Gabreal | |
Native Name: | መንዝ ቀያ ጋሪኤል |
Type: | Woreda |
Subdivision Type: | Zone |
Subdivision Name: | Semien Shewa |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Amhara Region |
Population As Of: | 2012 est. |
Population Total: | 50,168 https://web.archive.org/web/20120805184429/http://www.geohive.com/cntry/ethiopia.aspx |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Area Total Km2: | 544.54 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Menz Keya Gebreal (Amharic: መንዝ ቀያ ጋሪኤል) is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Located in the Semien Shewa Zone, Menz Keya Gebreal is bordered on the southeast by Menz Lalo Midir, on the southwest by the Jamma River which separated it from Moretna Jiru, on the west by Merhabiete, on the northwest by the Qechene River which separates it from the Debub Wollo Zone, and on the northeast by Menz Gera Midir. The administrative center of this woreda is Zemero. Menz Keya Gebreal was part of the former Gera Midirna Keya Gebriel woreda.
Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 46,219, of whom 22,965 are men and 23,254 women; 2,623 or 5.68% are urban inhabitants. The majority of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 99.64% reporting that as their religion.[2]