Kemekem (also known as Libo Kemekem (Amharic: ሊቦ ከምከም) is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Debub Gondar Zone, Kemekem is bordered on the south by the Reb
Libo Kemekem
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| Zone | Debub Gondar |
| Region | Amhara Region |
| Area | |
• Total | 999.71 km2 (385.99 sq mi) |
| Population (2012 est.) | |
• Total | 217,029 [1] |
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which separates it from Fogera, on the west by Lake Tana, on the north by the Semien Gondar Zone, and on the east by Ebenat. The administrative center is Addis Zemen; other towns include Amba Meda and Yifag.
Rivers in this woreda include the Arno and the Reb, which drain into Lake Tana. A survey of the land in this woreda shows that 51% is arable or cultivable, 8.3% pasture, 5.9% forest or shrubland, 17.98% covered with water, and the remaining 17.03% is considered degraded or other. Teff, corn, sorghum, cotton and sesame are important cash crops.[2]
- ^ a b Geohive: Ethiopia Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ethiopia-Sudan Power Systems Interconnection Project, ESIA Final Report Archived 2007-10-11 at the Wayback Machine, p. 55 (Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation website) This was based on information provided by the woreda in 2006.