Antsokiyana Gemza
Antsokiyana Gemza ("Antsokiya and Gemza") is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. This woreda is partly named for one of the districts of the province or kingdom of Shewa, Antsokia. Part of the Semien Shewa Zone, Antsokiyana Gemza is bordered on the south by Efratana Gidim, on the southwest by Menz Gera Midir, on the west by Geshe, and on the north and east by the Oromia Zone. The administrative center of this woreda is Mekoy; other towns in Antsokiyana Gemza include Majete.
Local landmarks in this woreda include the tomb of St. Gelawdewos, where the head of the Emperor Gelawdewos was buried in 1562.[1]
Demographics
Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 79,091, an increase of 7.75% over the 1994 census, of whom 39,327 are men and 39,764 women; 12,547 or 15.86% are urban inhabitants. With an area of 372.18 square kilometers, Antsokiyana Gemza has a population density of 212.51, which is greater than the Zone average of 115.3 persons per square kilometer. A total of 18,710 households were counted in this woreda, resulting in an average of 4.23 persons to a household, and 18,130 housing units. The majority of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 74.35% reporting that as their religion, while 23.83% of the population said they were Muslim and 1.81% were Protestants.[2]
The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 73,401 in 13,106 households, of whom 36,512 were men and 36,889 were women; 9,964 or 13.57% of its population were urban dwellers. The two largest ethnic groups reported in Antsokiyana Gemza were the Amhara (97.63%), and the Oromo (2.25%); all other ethnic groups made up 0.12% of the population. Amharic was spoken as a first language by 97.59%, and 2.31% spoke Oromiffa; the remaining 0.1% spoke all other primary languages reported. The majority of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 75.98% reporting that as their religion, while 23.15% were Muslim, and 0.82% Protestant.[3]
Notes
- ↑ G.W.B. Huntingford, The historical geography of Ethiopia from the first century AD to 1704, (Oxford University Press: 1989), p. 135
- ↑ Census 2007 Tables: Amhara Region, Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4.
- ↑ 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Amhara Region, Vol. 1, part 1, Tables 2.1, 2.7, 2.10, 2.13, 2.17, Annex II.2 (accessed 9 April 2009)
Coordinates: 10°45′N 39°40′E / 10.750°N 39.667°E
