Tegeda

Tegede (Amharic: ጠገደ) is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Gondar Zone, Tegeda is bordered on the south by Tach Armachiho, on the west by Mirab Armachiho,

Tegede ጠገደ
Woreda
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Zone	Semien Gondar
Region	Amhara Region
Area [1]
• Total	2,589.22 km^2 (999.70 sq mi)
Population  (2012 est.)
• Total	80,389

on the north by the Tigray Region, on the northeast by Debarq, and on the east by Dabat. Towns in Tegeda include Kirakir. Tegeda was part of former Sanja woreda.

Demographics

Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 73,898, of whom 37,717 are men and 36,181 women; 5,359 or 7.3% are urban inhabitants. The majority of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 97.8% reporting that as their religion, while 2.1% of the population said they were Muslim.[2]

Notes

1. Geohive: Ethiopia Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
2. Census 2007 Tables: Amhara Region, Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4.