Wemberma Explained

Subdivision Name1:Amhara Region
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:1,353.77
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Total:109,908 https://web.archive.org/web/20120805184429/http://www.geohive.com/cntry/ethiopia.aspx
Population As Of:2012 est.
Subdivision Type1:Region
Native Name:ዎበርማ
Subdivision Name:Mirab Gojjam
Subdivision Type:Zone
Type:Woreda
Pushpin Map:Ethiopia

Wemberma is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Its name comes from the historic district of Wemberma (also transliterated "Wombarma"), which lay north of the Abay River between its tributaries the Zingini and Fatam.[2] Part of West Gojjam Zone Wemberma is bordered on the south by the Abay River which separates it from the Oromia Region and Benishangul-Gumuz Region, on the north by the Agew Awi Zone, and on the east by Bure, Gojjam. The administrative center of Wemberma is Shendi. Wemberma was part of former Bure Wemberma woreda.

Demographics

Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 100,570, of whom 50,984 are men and 49,586 women; 10,607 or 10.55% are urban inhabitants. The majority of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 92.18% reporting that as their religion, while 7.53% were Muslim.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.geohive.com/cntry/ethiopia.aspx Geohive: Ethiopia
  2. C.F. Beckingham and G.W.B. Huntingford, Some records of Ethiopia, 1593-1646 (London: Hakluyt Society, 1954), p. 241.
  3. http://www.csa.gov.et/index.php?option=com_rubberdoc&view=doc&id=266&format=raw&Itemid=521 Census 2007 Tables: Amhara Region