Dessie Zuria
ደሴ ዙሪያ | |
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| Country | Ethiopia |
| Region | Amhara |
| Zone | South Wollo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 937.32 km2 (361.90 sq mi) |
| Population (2012 est.)[1] | |
| • Total | 169,791 [1] |
Dessie Zuria (Amharic ደሴ ዙሪያ "Greater Dessie Area") is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Located at the eastern edge of the Ethiopian highlands in the Debub Wollo Zone, Dessie Zuria is bordered on the south by Abuko and Were Ilu, on the southwest by Legambo, on the northwest by Tenta, on the north by Kutaber, on the northeast by Tehuledere, and on the east by Kalu. The cities of Kombolcha and Dessie are independent woredas surrounded by Dessie Zuria; the major town in the woreda is Tita.
In 2002, a number of kebeles were taken from Kalu and Dessie Zuria to create the new woreda of Abuko.[2]
- ^ a b Geohive: Ethiopia Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Svein Ege, "South Wälo 1:100,000. Topographic and administrative map of South Wälo Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia"[permanent dead link] (Trondheim, 2004), p. 4 (accessed 19 April 2009)