Tach Gayint

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Tach Gayint (Amharic "Lower Gayint") is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Debub Gondar Zone, Tach Gayint is bordered on the south by the Bashilo River which separates it from the Debub Wollo Zone, on the west by Simada, on the north by Lay Gayint, and on the east by the Wag Hemra Zone. The major town in Tach Gayint is Arb Gebeya.

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 114,326, of whom 57,132 were males and 57,194 were females; 4,610 or 4.03% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 8.3%. With an estimated area of 834.69 square kilometers, Tach Gayint has an estimated population density of 137 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 169.21.^[1]