Dashen
ዳሽን | |
|---|---|
| Dashen | |
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| Zone | Semien Gondar |
| Region | Amhara Region |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,685.16 km2 (650.64 sq mi) |
| Population (2012 est.)[1] | |
| • Total | 102,545 |
| • Density | 61/km2 (160/sq mi) |
Dashen (Amharic: ዳሽን) is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Located at the northeastern point of the Semien Gondar Zone, dashen is bordered on the south by Jan Amora, on
the southwest by Debarq, on the north by the Tigray Region, and on the east by Tselemt. Towns in Dashen include Dashen and Zarima. Tselemt woreda was separated from Dashen.
This woreda is situated on the northern slopes of the Semien Mountains. Rivers include the Zarima, a tributary of the Tekezé. Due to its inaccessibility and the lack of the most basic infrastructure, in 1999 the Regional government classified dashen as one of its 47 drought prone and food insecure woredas.[2]
- ^ a b Geohive: Ethiopia Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Underdeveloped, Drought Prone, Food Insecure: reflections on living conditions in parts of the Simien Mountains" UNDP-EUE Report October 1999 (accessed 26 January 2009)