Metemma (woreda)

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Metemma is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Gondar Zone, Metemma is bordered on the south by Qwara, on the west by Sudan, on the north by Sanja, and on the east by Chilga.

Towns in Metemma include Metemma, Shehedi and Shinfa. Rivers include the Atbarah.

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 78,328, of whom 35,911 were males and 42,417 were females; 19,331 or 24.68% of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 14.1%. With an estimated area of 3,995.00 square kilometers, Metemma has an estimated population density of 19.6 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 60.23.^[1]

Tsegede was selected by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in 2003 as an area for voluntary resettlement for farmers from overpopulated areas. Along with Qwara, the other woreda selected in Amhara that year, that year this woreda became the home for a total of 13742 heads of households and 12337 total family members.^[2]

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