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Banja Shekudad

District in Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Summary

District in Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Field	Value
image_flag	Flag of the Amhara Region.svg
type	Woreda
subdivision_type	Zone
subdivision_name	Agew Awi
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Amhara
population_as_of	2012 est.
population_total	123,992
population_density_km2	auto
population_footnotes
area_total_km2	508.05
area_footnotes
image_skyline	Zengena_Hayq.JPG

Banja Shekudad is a woreda in Amhara Region, Ethiopia. It is named after a significant mountain located in the woreda, Mount Banja, where Fasil crushed a revolt of the Agaw in the late 18th century. Part of the Agew Awi Zone, Banja Shekudad is bordered on the south by Ankasha Guagusa, on the west by Guangua, on the north by Faggeta Lekoma, on the east by the Mirab Gojjam Zone, and on the southeast by Guagusa Shekudad. Towns in Banja Shekudad include Injibara and Kessa. Bodies of water in this woreda include the Zengena crater lake. Banja Shekudad was part of former Banja woredas.

Demographics

Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 111,975, of whom 55,611 are men and 56,364 women; 22,473 or 20.07% are urban inhabitants. The majority of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 99.45% reporting that as their religion.

Notes

References

[http://www.geohive.com/cntry/ethiopia.aspx Geohive: Ethiopia] {{webarchive. link. (2012-08-05)
[[James Bruce]], ''Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile'', selected and edited with an introduction by C.F. Beckingham (Edinburgh: University Press, 1964), p. 128.
link. (November 14, 2010 , Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4.)

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