Gazbibla

Woreda in Amhara Region, Wag Hemra
Gazgibla
ጋዝጊብላ
Woreda
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ZoneWag Hemra
RegionAmhara Region
Area
 • Total1,037.42 km2 (400.55 sq mi)
Population
 (2012 est.)
 • Total76,297 [1]

Gazgibla (Amharic: ጋዝጊብላ) is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Wag Hemra Zone, Gazgibla is bordered on the south by the Semien (North) Wollo Zone, on the west by Dehana and the Semien (North) Gondar Zone, and on the north by Sekota. Gazgibla was separated from Dehana woreda.

Demographics

Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 70,854, of whom 35,581 are men and 35,273 women; none are urban inhabitants. The majority of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 99.92% reporting that as their religion.[2]

History

21st Century

Notes

  1. ^ a b 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.
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Zones and Woredas of the Amhara Region
Agew Awi ZoneEast Gojjam ZoneNorth Gondar ZoneNorth Shewa ZoneNorth Wollo ZoneOromia ZoneSouth Gondar ZoneSouth Wollo ZoneWag Hemra ZoneWest Gojjam ZoneSpecial zonesSpecial woredas
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