Dembiya (woreda)

Dembiya
ደምቢያ
Woreda
Flag of Dembiya
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ZoneSemien Gondar
RegionAmhara
Area
[1]
 • Total1,261.96 km2 (487.25 sq mi)
Population
 (2012 est.)[1]
 • Total295,423[2]

Dembiya (Amharic: ደምቢያ) is a woreda in Amhara Region, Ethiopia. It is named for the former province of Dembiya, which was located roughly in the same location. Part of the Semien, Dembiya is bordered on the south by Lake Tana, on the southwest by Takusa, on the west by Chilga, on the north by Lay Armachiho, and on the east by Gondar Zuria. Towns in Dembiya include Aymiba, Chuahit, Gorgora and Koladiba.

Rivers within this woreda include the Lesser Angereb and Derma, which flow south into Lake Tana, and the Atbarah. A survey of the land in this woreda shows that 64% is arable or cultivable and another 25% under irrigation, 6% pasture, 4% forest or shrubland, and the remaining 1% is considered degraded or other.[3] 287 square kilometers adjacent to Lake Tana is subject to regular and extensive flooding.[4]

  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.
  3. ^ Ethiopia-Sudan Power Systems Interconnection Project, ESIA Final Report Archived October 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, p. 55 (Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation website) This was based on information provided by the woreda in 2005.
  4. ^ "Tana & Beles Integrated Water Resources Development: Project Appraisal Document (PAD), Vol.1", World Bank, 2 May 2008 (accessed 5 May 2009)