Bahir Dar Zuria

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Bahir Dar Zuria (Amharic "Greater Bahir Dar Area") is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mirab Gojjam Zone, this woreda is bordered on the south by Adet, on the southwest by Merawi, on the north by Lake Tana, on the northeast by the city and woreda of Bahir Dar, and on the east by the Abay River which separates it from the Debub Gondar Zone. This woreda also includes the island of Zege in Lake Tana. Towns in Bahir Dar Zuria include Meshenti and Tis Abay.

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 270,013, of whom 132,634 were males and 137,379 were females; 13,915 or 5.15% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 7.6%. With an estimated area of 2,062.62 square kilometers, Bahir Dar Zuria has an estimated population density of 130.9 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 174.47.^[1]