Menge (woreda)

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Menge is one of the 21 woredas in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Asosa Zone, Menge is bordered by Bambasi on the south, by Asosa in the southwest, by Kormuk in the northwest, by Sherkole in the north, and by the Dabus River on the east which separates it from Oda Godere. This woreda is named after its only town, Menge.

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 38,503, of whom 19,115 were males and 19,388 were females; 318 or 0.83% of the population are urban dwellers. With an estimated area of 1,500.63 square kilometers, Menge has a population density of 25.7 people per square kilometer which is greater than the Zone average of 19.95.^[1]