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Ebenat (woreda)

Field	Value
native_name	እብናት
image_flag	Flag of the Amhara Region.svg
type	Woreda
subdivision_type	Zone
subdivision_name	Debub Gondar
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Amhara Region
population_as_of	2012 est.
population_total	238,914 https://web.archive.org/web/20120805184429/http://www.geohive.com/cntry/ethiopia.aspx
population_density_km2	auto
population_footnotes
area_total_km2	2,481.15
area_footnotes

Ebenat (Amharic: እብናት) also spelled Ibnat is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. It is named after the former district that lay roughly in the same area; the woreda itself dates from

the mid-1960s. Part of the Debub Gondar Zone, Ebenat is bordered on the south by Farta, on the southwest by Fogera, on the west by Libo Kemekem, on the north by the Semien Gondar Zone, on the northeast by the Wag Hemra Zone, on the east by Semine (North) Wollo Zone, and on the southeast by Lay Gayint. The administrative center of Ebenat is Ebenat.

Demographics

Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 220,177, an increase of 34.74% over the 1994 census, of whom 112,151 are men and 108,026 women; 12,002 or 5.45% are urban inhabitants. With an area of 2,481.15 square kilometers, Ebenat has a population density of 88.74, which is less than the Zone average of 145.56 persons per square kilometer. A total of 50,600 households were counted in this woreda, resulting in an average of 4.35 persons to a household, and 49,215 housing units. The majority of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 98.15% reporting that as their religion, while 1.39% of the population said they were Muslim.

The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 163,413 in 33,972 households, of whom 83,861 were men and 79,552 were women; 9,704 or 5.94% of its population were urban dwellers. The largest ethnic group reported in Ebenat was the Amhara (99.92%). Amharic was spoken as a first language by 99.94%. The majority of the population practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity with 98.31% reporting that as their belief, while 1.65% of the population said they were Muslim.

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References

[http://www.geohive.com/cntry/ethiopia.aspx Geohive: Ethiopia] {{webarchive. link. (2012-08-05)
[http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/i/ORTIA.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"] {{webarchive. link. (2011-05-28 The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 6 November 2007))
link. (November 14, 2010 , Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4.)
[http://www.csa.gov.et/surveys/Population%20and%20Housing%20Census%201994/survey0/data/docs%5Creport%5CStatistical_Report%5Ck03%5Ck03_partI.pdf ''1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Amhara Region'', Vol. 1, part 1] {{webarchive. link. (November 15, 2010 , Tables 2.1, 2.7, 2.10, 2.13, 2.17, Annex II.2 (accessed 9 April 2009))

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