Bure, Gojjam | |
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Coordinates: 10°40′N 36°45′E / 10.67°N 36.75°E | |
Zone | Mirab Gojjam |
Region | Amhara |
Area | |
• Total | 800.15 km2 (308.94 sq mi) |
Population (2012 est.)[1] | |
• Total | 158,074 [1] |
Bure is one of the woredas in the West Gojjam Zone of the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Its name comes from its largest town, Bure. Part of the Mirab Gojjam Zone, Bure is bordered on the south by the Abay River which separates it from the Oromia Region, on the west by Wemberma, on the northwest by the Agew Awi Zone, on the north by Sekela, on the east by Jabi Tehnan, and on the southeast by Dembecha and the Misraq Gojjam Zone. Bure was part of former Bure Wemberma woreda.