Dembiya (woreda)

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Dembiya is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. It is named for the former province of Dembiya, which was located roughly in the same location. Part of the Semien Gondar Zone, Dembiya is bordered on the south by Lake Tana, on the southwest by Alefa, on the west by Chilga, on the north by Lay Armachiho, and on the east by Gondar Zuria. Towns in Dembiya include Aymiba, Chuahit, Gorgora and Koladiba.

Rivers within this woreda include the Lesser Angereb and Derma, which flow south into Lake Tana, and the Atbarah.

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 300,152, of whom 148,075 were males and 152,077 were females; 30,460 or 10.15% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 14.1%. With an estimated area of 1,214.69 square kilometers, Dembiya has an estimated population density of 247.1 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 60.23.^[1]

The woreda of Dembiya was heavily affected by the flash floods in Ethiopia which started 6 September and receded by 26 September 2006. The heavy rain caused Lake Tana to overflow its banks, making thousands of people homeless. "Thousands of heads of cattle, whole silos of grain, and significant tracts of grazing and farmland have been washed away," according to IRIN.^[2]

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