Tenta (woreda)

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Tenta is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Debub Wollo Zone, Tenta is bordered on the south by Legambo, on the southwest by Sayint, on the west by Magdala, on the north by the Semien Wollo Zone, on the northeast by Amba Sel, on the east by Kutaber and on the southeast by Dessie Zuria. Towns in Tenta include Ajebar, Amba Mariam and Tenta.

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 187,604, of whom 95,561 were males and 92,043 were females; 11,302 or 6.02% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 12.4%. With an estimated area of 1,256.56 square kilometers, Tenta has an estimated population density of 149.3 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 173.56.^[1]