Sede, Ethiopia Explained

Official Name:Sedie
Pushpin Map:Ethiopia
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ethiopia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Ethiopia
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Amhara
Timezone:East Africa Time
Utc Offset:+3
Coordinates:10.95°N 90°W
Elevation M:2555

Sedie (also known as Sedie Giyorgis) is a town and woreda in west-central Ethiopia. Located in the Misraq Gojjam Zone of the Amhara Region, it has a latitude and longitude of 10.95°N 90°W and an elevation of 2555 meters above sea level.

The town was organized in the 1930s. Sedie woreda features four high school (in 2011 E.C), and 3 clinic (tena tabia).

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this town has an estimated total population of 2,309, of whom 1,013 are men and 1,296 are women.[1] The 1994 national census reported a total population for Sede of 1,345 in 408 households, of whom 533 were men and 812 were women. The majority of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 94.6% reporting that as their religion, while 5.4% were Muslim.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.csa.gov.et/surveys/National%20statistics/national%20statistics%202005/Population.pdf CSA 2005 National Statistics
  2. http://www.csa.gov.et/surveys/Population%20and%20Housing%20Census%201994/survey0/data/docs%5Creport%5CStatistical_Report%5Ck03%5Ck03_partI.pdf 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Amhara Region, Vol. 1, part 1