Wemberma
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| Coordinates: 10°38′N 36°56′E / 10.63°N 36.93°E | |
| Zone | Mirab Gojjam |
| Region | Amhara Region |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,353.77 km2 (522.69 sq mi) |
| Population (2012 est.)[1] | |
| • Total | 109,908 [1] |
Wemberma is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Its name comes from the historic district of Wemberma (also transliterated "Wombarma"), which lay north of the Abay River between its tributaries the Zingini and Fatam.[2] Part of West Gojjam Zone Wemberma is bordered on the south by the Abay River which separates it from the Oromia Region and Benishangul-Gumuz Region, on the north by the Agew Awi Zone, and on the east by Bure, Gojjam. The administrative center of Wemberma is Shendi. Wemberma was part of former Bure Wemberma woreda.
- ^ a b Geohive: Ethiopia Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ C.F. Beckingham and G.W.B. Huntingford, Some records of Ethiopia, 1593-1646 (London: Hakluyt Society, 1954), p. 241.