Dessie Zuria

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Dessie Zuria (Amharic "Greater Dessie Area") is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Located at the eastern edge of the Ethiopian highlands in the Debub Wollo Zone, Dessie Zuria is bordered on the south by Were Ilu, on the west by Legambo, on the northwest by Tenta, on the north by Kutaber, on the northeast by Tehuledere, on the east by Kalu, and on the southeast by the Oromia Zone. The cities of Kombolcha and Dessie are independent woredas surrounded by Dessie Zuria; the major town in the woreda is Tita.

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 272,199, of whom 139,990 were males and 132,209 were females; 3,845 or 1.41% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 12.4%. With an estimated area of 1,105.86 square kilometers, Dessie Zuria has an estimated population density of 246.1 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 173.56.^[1]