Menge

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Menge
Menge Location within Ethiopia
Coordinates: 10°23′N 34°46′E / 10.383, 34.767
Country	Ethiopia
Region	Benishangul-Gumuz
Zone	Asosa Zone
Elevation	1,123 m (3,684 ft)
Population (2005)
- Total	318
Time zone	EAT (UTC+3)

Menge is a town in western Ethiopia. Located in the Asosa Zone of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Menge has a latitude and longitude of 10°23′N, 34°46′E with an elevation of 1123 meters above sea level.

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency, in 2005 this town has an estimated total population of 318, of whom 176 were males and 142 were females.^[1] According to the 1994 national census, its total population was 185, of whom 102 were males and 83 were females. It is the largest settlement in Menge woreda.

Records at the Nordic Africa Institute website provide details of a primary school in Menge in 1968. In 1970, a group of three German travelers travelling down the Abay River describe Menge as a settlement with masonry houses, and record that it had a police station.^[2]

[edit] Notes

1. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.3
2. ^ "Local History in Ethiopia" (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 10 January 2008)