Ankesha
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Ankesha is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. A triangle-shaped district in the Agew Awi Zone, Ankesha is bordered on the south by the Mirab Gojjam Zone, on the west by Guangua, and on the north by Banja. Towns and cities in Ankesha include Agew Gimjabet and Azena.
Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 233,277, of whom 118,565 were males and 114,712 were females; 13,458 or 5.77% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 11.4%. With an estimated area of 1,218.61 square kilometers, Ankesha has an estimated population density of 191.4 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 155.7.[1]
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- ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Tables B.3 and B.4
