Injibara

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Injibara (እንጅባራ) is a town in Ethiopia. It is the administrative center of the Agew Awi Zone in the Amhara Region. Injibara is located at 10°57′N 36°56′E, at an elevation of 2560 meters, in Banja Woreda.

Modern Injibara was constructed since 1991 at a place called Kosober by locals, where there is a road junction of the Highway 3 from Addis Ababa to Bahir Dar and the road leading west towards Chagni and into Metekel Zone. The older town Injibara is situated approximately 5 km north of Modern Injibara at 10°59′N 36°55′E, at 2660 m elevation.

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, the old town Injibara has an estimated total population of 1303, of whom 620 were males and 683 were females.^[1]. The figures for modern Injibara (Kosober) are 2,212 (male), 2,417 (female) and 4,629 (total).

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1. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4