Dembecha (woreda)

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Dembecha is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mirab Gojjam Zone, Dembecha is bordered on the west by Bure Wemberma, on the northwest by Jabi Tehnan, on the north by Bibugn, and on the east and south by the Misraq Gojjam Zone. Towns in Dembecha include Addis Alem, Dembecha and Yechereka.

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 124,879, of whom 62,433 were males and 62,446 were females; 19,903 or 15.94% of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 7.6%. With an estimated area of 847.18 square kilometers, Dembecha has an estimated population density of 147.4 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 174.47.^[1]