Takusa

Takusa
Woreda
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Zone	Semien Gondar
Region	Amhara
Area [2]
• Total	1,948.96 km^2 (752.50 sq mi)
Population  (2012 est.)
• Total	140,090 [1]

Takusa (Amharic: ታኩሳ) is a woreda in Amhara Region, Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Gondar Zone, Takusa is bordered on the south by Alefa, on the west by Qwara, on the northwest by the Metemma, on the north by Chilga, on the northeast by Dembiya, and on the east by Lake Tana. Towns in Takusa include Delgi. Takusa was part of Alefa woreda.

Demographics

Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 129,097, of whom 65,782 are men and 63,315 women; 7,087 or 5.5% are urban inhabitants. The majority of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 99% reporting that as their religion.^[3]

Notes

1. "GeoHive - Ethiopia population statistics". www.geohive.com. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
2. Geohive: Ethiopia Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
3. Census 2007 Tables: Amhara Region, Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4.

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