Dangila (woreda)

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Dangila is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. This woreda is named after the former district, Dangila, which James Bruce notes was in his day known for its breed of sheep.[1]

Part of the Agew Awi Zone, Dangila is bordered on the south by Faggeta Lekoma, on the southwest by Guangua, on the west by the Benishangul-Gumuz Region, on the northwest by the Semien Gondar Zone, and on the north and east by the Mirab Gojjam Zone. Towns in Dangila include Addis Alem, Dangila and Dek.

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 207,769, of whom 104,261 were males and 103,508 were females; 31,656 or 15.24% of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 11.4%. With an estimated area of 1,540.63 square kilometers, Dangila has an estimated population density of 134.9 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 155.7.[2]

Dangila was selected by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development as an area for voluntary resettlement for farmers from overpopulated areas. Along with Lay Armachiho and Qwara in the Amhara Region, and Tsegede in the Tigray Region, became the new homes of 8,671 families.[3] This was reportedly accompanied with almost 68 million Birr in infrastructure development.[4]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Bruce, Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, selected and edited with an introduction by C.F. Beckingham (Edinburgh: University Press, 1964), p. 173.
  2. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Tables B.3 and B.4
  3. ^ "More than 15,500 households resettled in Amhara, SNNP and Oromia states" Walta Information Center (WIC)
  4. ^ "Close to 69mln birr infrastructural dev't works carried out in resettlement sites in Amhara state" (WIC)