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Tselemt

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Telemt
ጠለምት
ZoneZone
RegionAmhara Region
Area
 • Total795.89 km2 (307.29 sq mi)
Population
 (2012 est.)
 • Total150,000 [1]

Tselemt (Amarign: ጠለምት) is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia.[2] Located at the northeastern point of the [[]], Telemt is bordered on the south by Beyeda, on the southwest by Jan Amora, on the west by Addi Arkay, and on the east by the Eastern Tigray Region.

Demographics[edit]

Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 57,241, of whom 28,711 are men and 28,530 women; none of the population were urban inhabitants. The majority of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 97.9% reporting that as their religion, while 2.1% of the population said they were Muslim.[3]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b Geohive: Ethiopia Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "GeoHive - Ethiopia population statistics". Archived from the original on 2012-08-05. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
  3. ^ Census 2007 Tables: Amhara Region, Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4.