Mirab Armachiho

Mirab Armachiho ምዕራብ አርማጭሆ
Woreda
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Zone	[Mirab Gondar Zone]
Region	Amhara Region
Area [1]
• Total	2,465.11 km^2 (951.78 sq mi)
Population  (2012 est.)[1]
• Total	36,460 [1]

Mirab Armachiho (Amharic: ምዕራብ አርማጭሆ, lit. 'West Armachiho') is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. This woreda is named after "Armachiho", a province in northwestern Ethiopia along the border with Sudan and south of the Tekezé River.^[2] Located at the northwestern point of the Semien Gondar Zone, Mirab Armachiho is bordered on the south by Metemma, on the west by Sudan, on the north by the Wolkait Tegede Woreda, on the northeast by Tegeda, and on the east by Tach Armachiho. Towns in Mirab Armachiho include Abderafi. Mirab Armachiho was part of former Sanja woreda.^{[citation needed]}

Demographics

Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 31,730, of whom 17,400 are men and 14,330 women; 15,075 or 47.5% are urban inhabitants. The majority of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 88.5% reporting that as their religion, while 11.4% of the population said they were Muslim.^[3]

Notes

1. Geohive: Ethiopia Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
2. Antony Mockler uses this name in this sense in his book, Haile Selassie's War (New York: Olive Branch Press, 2003)
3. Census 2007 Tables: Amhara Region Archived 2010-11-14 at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4.