Menz Mam Midir Explained

Menz Mama
Native Name:መንዝ ማማ ምድር
Type:Woreda
Subdivision Type:Zone
Subdivision Name:Semien Shewa
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Amhara Region
Population As Of:2012 est.
Population Total:92,658 https://web.archive.org/web/20120805184429/http://www.geohive.com/cntry/ethiopia.aspx
Population Density Km2:auto
Area Total Km2:650.42
Area Footnotes:[1]

Menz Mama Midir (Amharic: መንዝ ማማ ምድር) is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. It is named after the district of the former province of Menz, Mama Meder. Located at the eastern edge of the Ethiopian highlands in the Semien Shewa Zone, Menz Mam Midir is bordered on the south by Mojana Wadera, on the west by Menz Lalo Midir, on the north by Menz Gera Midir, on the northeast by Efratana Gidim, on the east by Kewet, and on the southeast by Termaber. The administrative center of this woreda is Molale. Menz Mam Midir was part of the erstwhile Mam Midrina Lalo Midir woreda.

Demographics

Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 85,129, of whom 42,102 are men and 43,027 women; 6,513 or 7.65% are urban inhabitants. The majority of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 99.67% reporting that as their religion.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.geohive.com/cntry/ethiopia.aspx Geohive: Ethiopia
  2. http://www.csa.gov.et/index.php?option=com_rubberdoc&view=doc&id=266&format=raw&Itemid=521 Census 2007 Tables: Amhara Region