Banja Shekudad

Banja Shekudad
Flag of Banja Shekudad
ZoneAgew Awi
RegionAmhara
Area
 • Total508.05 km2 (196.16 sq mi)
Population
 (2012 est.)
 • Total123,992[1]
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Banja Shekudad is a woreda in Amhara Region, Ethiopia. It is named after a significant mountain located in the woreda, Mount Banja, where Fasil crushed a revolt of the Agaw in the late 18th century.[3] Part of the Agew Awi Zone, Banja Shekudad is bordered on the south by Ankasha Guagusa, on the west by Guangua, on the north by Faggeta Lekoma, on the east by the Mirab Gojjam Zone, and on the southeast by Guagusa Shekudad. Towns in Banja Shekudad include Injibara and Kessa. Bodies of water in this woreda include the Zengena crater lake. Banja Shekudad was part of former Banja woredas.

  1. ^ "GeoHive - Ethiopia population statistics". www.geohive.com. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b Geohive: Ethiopia Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ James Bruce, Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, selected and edited with an introduction by C.F. Beckingham (Edinburgh: University Press, 1964), p. 128.