Goncha Siso Enese | |
|---|---|
 Flag | |
| Zone | Misraq Gojjam |
| Region | Amhara Region |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,038.17 km2 (400.84 sq mi) |
| Population (2012 est.) | |
| • Total | 162,310 [1] |
Goncha Siso Enese is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia.Part of the Misraq Gojjam Zone. It has 2 town and 41 rural kebeles. Goncha Siso Enese is bordered on the south by Enarj Enawga, on the west by Hulet Ej Enese, on the north by the Abay River which separates it from the Debub Gondar Zone, and on the east by Enbise Sar Midir. The major town in Goncha Siso Enese is Ginde Weyin.
Rivers in this woreda include the Blue Nile, Bina, Azuari, Tsiwa, Chiye, and Tigdar, are among the major rivers including other small rivers., all these are tributaries of the Abay. Lake Bahire Giorgies; the third largest lake in Amhara Region found between Enesie kol and Getesemani kebele is one of the most important water body even though less is done to promote it for tourists. there are historic, cultural and religious tourism sites such as Koga Andinet Gedam, Jiret Medhanialem, Aytedash Maryam, Tsodeye and Gindewoin Maryam Gedam which rich in history.
In 2002, Goncha Siso Enese was judged to be one of four chronically food insecure woredas in this part of the Amhara Region, due to much of their farmland being "extremely depleted, deforested and eroded".[2]
- ^ a b Geohive: Ethiopia Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hugo Rämi, "Fewer surpluses in Gojam and Awi and Severe shortages in lowland areas of Abaye River Gorge" Archived 2010-10-11 at the Wayback Machine, UN-OCHA Assessment Mission, October 2002 (accessed 23 April 2009)