Dega Damot
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Dega Damot is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mirab Gojjam Zone, Dega Damot is bordered on the south for a short length by Dembecha, on the southwest by Jabi Tehnan, on the northwest by Kuarit, and on the east and south by the Misraq Gojjam Zone. The major town in Dega Damot is Feres Bet.
Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 177,002, of whom 89,756 were males and 87,246 were females; 2,934 or 1.66% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 7.6%. With an estimated area of 806.58 square kilometers, Dega Damot has an estimated population density of 219.4 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 174.47.[1]
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- ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Tables B.3 and B.4
