Wadla

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Wadla is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia; it is named for the former district which lay roughly in the same area. Part of the Semien Wollo Zone, Wadla is bordered on the south and east by Dawuntna Delant, on the west by the Debub Gondar Zone, and on the north by Meket. The major town in Wadla is Kone.

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 144,171, of whom 71,134 were males and 73,037 were females; 2,580 or 1.79% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 8.9%. With an estimated area of 944.05 square kilometers, Wadla has an estimated population density of 152.7 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 105.59.[1]

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  1. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Tables B.3 and B.4