Enemay | |
|---|---|
 Flag | |
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| Zone | Misraq Gojjam |
| Region | Amhara Region |
| Area | |
• Total | 733.02 km2 (283.02 sq mi) |
| Population (2012 est.) | |
• Total | 180,858 [1] |
Enemay (Amharic: እነማይ) is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Misraq Gojjam Zone, Enemay is bordered on the south by Dejen, on the west by Debay Telatgen, on the north by Enarj Enawga, and on the east by Shebel Berenta. The administrative center of this woreda is Bichena; other towns in Enemay include Dima, Yetmen And woyira, the place where ato Temesgen tiruneh presedant of amhara region was born.
The landscape of this woreda is divided into two types: the lava plateau in the northern part and fertile lowlands in the south towards the Abay. Until the late 1930s as much as 25% of the land was covered with trees. Rivers in this woreda include the Muga, which is a perennial river, and the Yegudfin which only flows during the rainy season.[2] Notable landmarks include the Wolde Beri Caves, a limestone cave system which was used as a shelter during the Italian occupation.[3]
Soma desert is another historic place where the patriot Belay zeleke organized his force and lived to defeat the invader Italian during the second colonial attempt in the 1930s.
- ^ Geohive: Ethiopia Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Ethiopian Village Studies: Yetmen" Archived 2012-02-18 at the Wayback Machine, Centre for the Study of African Economies (accessed 5 July 2009)
- ^ "Stalagmite sampling results table" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Ethiopian Venture, First phase: Climate Reconstruction (accessed 16 May 2009)