Bure Wemberma

Bure Wemberma is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Its name is created from a combination of its largest town, Bure, and the historic district of Wemberma (also transliterated "Wombarma"), which lay north of the Abay River between its tributaries the Zingini and Fatam. [C.F. Beckingham and G.W.B. Huntingford, "Some records of Ethiopia, 1593-1646" (London: Hakluyt Society, 1954), p. 241.]

Part of the Mirab Gojjam Zone, Bure Wemberma is bordered on the south by the Abay River which separates it from the Oromia Region, on the west by the Agew Awi Zone, on the north by Sekela, on the northeast by Jabi Tehnan, on the east by Bibugn, and on the southeast by the Misraq Gojjam Zone. Towns in Bure Wemberma include Shendi.

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 296,398, of whom 149,343 were males and 147,055 were females; 32,585 or 10.99% of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 7.6%. With an estimated area of 2,207.20 square kilometers, Bure Wemberma has an estimated population density of 134.3 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 174.47. [ [http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics] , Tables B.3 and B.4]

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