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Faggeta Lekoma

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	137,428
population_density_km2	auto
population_footnotes
area_total_km2	653.39
area_footnotes

Faggeta Lekoma (Amharic: ፋግታ ለኮማ) is a woreda in Amhara Region, Ethiopia. The woreda is named in part after two former districts: Faggeta and Lekoma, where Emperor Susenyos quashed a revolt of the local Agaw in 1614. Part of the Agew Awi Zone, Faggeta Lekoma is bordered on the south by Banja Shekudad, on the west by Guangua, on the north by Dangila, and on the east by the Mirab Gojjam Zone. Towns in Faggeta Lekoma include Addis Kidame and Faggeta.

Demographics

Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 126,367, an increase of 29.68% over the 1994 census, of whom 62,728 are men and 63,639 women; 8,906 or 7.05% are urban inhabitants. With an area of 653.39 square kilometers, Faggeta Lekoma has a population density of 193.40, which is greater than the Zone average of 107.44 persons per square kilometer. A total of 26,774 households were counted in this woreda, resulting in an average of 4.72 persons to a household, and 26,180 housing units. The majority of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 99.9% reporting that as their religion.

The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 97,446 in 18,679 households, of whom 48,678 were men and 48,768 were women; 4,501 or 4.62% of its population were urban dwellers. The two largest ethnic groups reported in Faggeta Lekoma were the Amhara (51.03%), and the Awi (48.89%) one of the Agaw peoples; all other ethnic groups made up 0.08% of the population. Amharic was spoken as a first language by 61.52%, and 38.44% spoke Awngi; the remaining 0.04% spoke all other primary languages reported. The majority of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 99.86% reporting that as their religion.

Notes

References

"GeoHive - Ethiopia population statistics".
[http://www.geohive.com/cntry/ethiopia.aspx Geohive: Ethiopia] {{webarchive. link. (2012-08-05)
G.W.B. Huntingford, ''The historical geography of Ethiopia from the first century AD to 1704'', (Oxford University Press: 1989), p. 166
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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