Misplaced Pages

Angolalla Tera

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Woreda in Amhara Region, Semien Shewa
Angolalla Tera አንጎለላ ጠራ
Woreda
Flag of Angolalla TeraFlag
ZoneSemien Shewa
RegionAmhara Region
Area
 • Total782.49 km (302.12 sq mi)
Population
 • Total89,533

Angolalla Tera (Amharic: አንጎለላ ጠራ) is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. It is named in part after one of the capitals of the former principality of Shewa, Angolalla. Located at the eastern edge of the Ethiopian highlands in the Semien Shewa Zone, Angolela Tera is bordered on the south by Hagere Mariamna Kesem, on the west by the Oromia Region, on the north by Basona Werana, and on the southeast by Asagirt. The administrative center of this woreda is Chacha. Angolela Tera was part of former Angolalla Terana Asagirt woreda.

Demographics

Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 82,349, of whom 41,849 are men and 40,500 women; 5,644 or 6.85% are urban inhabitants. The majority of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 99.1% reporting that as their religion.

Notes

  1. ^ Geohive: Ethiopia Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Census 2007 Tables: Amhara Region Archived November 14, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4.
Zones and Woredas of the Amhara Region
List of districts in the Amhara region
Agew Awi Zone
East Gojjam Zone
North Gondar Zone
North Shewa Zone
North Wollo Zone
Oromia Zone
South Gondar Zone
South Wollo Zone
Wag Hemra Zone
West Gojjam Zone
Special zones
Special woredas

Category: