Agew Awi Zone

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Agew Awi is one of 10 Zones in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Agew Awi is named for the Awi sub-group of the Agaw people, some of whom live in this Zone.

Agew Awi is bordered on the south by the Oromia Region, on the west by Benishangul-Gumuz Region, on the north-west by Semien Gondar Zone and on the north and east by Misraq Gojjam. The administrative center of Agew Awi is Injibara; other towns include Chagni, and Dangila.

[edit] Demographics

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this zone has an estimated total population of 990,918, of whom 491,158 were males and 499,760 were females; 113,054 or 11.4% of its population are urban dwellers. With an estimated area of 6,364.26 square kilometers, Agew Awi has an estimated population density of 155.70 people per square kilometer.^[1]

According to a May 24, 2004 World Bank memorandum, 6% of the inhabitants of Agew Awi have access to electricity, this zone has a road density of 39.6 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers (compared to the national average of 30 kilometers)^[2], the average rural household has 1.2 hectare of land (compared to the national average of 1.01 hectare of land and an average of 0.75 for the Amhara Region)^[3] and the equivalent of 0.5 heads of livestock. 13.6% of the population is in non-farm related jobs, compared to the national average of 25% and a Regional average of 21%. 72% of all eligible children are enrolled in primary school, and 16% in secondary schools. 54% of the zone is exposed to malaria, and 76% to Tsetse fly. The memorandum gave this zone a drought risk rating of 420.^[4]