Mandura

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Mandura is one of the 21 woredas in the Benishangul-Gumaz Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Metekel Zone, Mandura is bordered by Dangur in the north and northwest, by Pawe special woreda in the northeast, by Amhara Region in the east, by Dibate in the south, and by Bulen in the southwest.

Towns and cities in Mandura include Genete Mariam.

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 30,536, of whom 15,762 were males and 14,774 were females; 2,492 or 8.16% of the population are urban dwellers which is greater than the Zone average of 10.7%. With an estimated area of 1,003.76 square kilometers, Mandura has a population density of 30.4 people per square kilometer which is greater than the Zone average of 8.57.^[1]

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