Waja

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Waja is a town in northern Ethiopia. Located in the Debubawi Zone of the Tigray Region, south of the city of Alamata, this town has a latitude and longitude of 12°17′N, 39°36′E with an elevation of 1471 meters above sea level.

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Waja has an estimated total population of 11,020, of whom 5,373 were males and 5,647 were females.[1] It is one of two towns in Alamata woreda.

Records at the Nordic Africa Institute website provide details of the primary school in 1968.[2]

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  1. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4
  2. ^ "Local History in Ethiopia" (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 20 February 2008)
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