Tsegede

Tsegede (sometimes Sagade) is one of the 36 woredas in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. It is named after the historic province of Tsegede. Part of the Mi'irabawi Zone, Tsegede is bordered on the south and west by the Amhara Region, on the northwest by Kafta Humera, and on the north by Wolqayt. Towns in Tsegede include Idaga Hamus.

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 79,002, of whom 39,426 were males and 39,576 were females; 322 or 0.41% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 14.7%. With an estimated area of 2,101.88 square kilometers, Tsegede has an estimated population density of 37.6 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 40.62. [ [http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics] , Tables B.3 and B.4]

Tsegede was selected by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in 2003 as an area for voluntary resettlement for farmers from overpopulated areas. Along with Kafta Humera woreda, the other woreda selected in Tigray that year, that year this woreda became the home for a total of 7334 heads of households and 618 total family members. [ [http://www.dppc.gov.et/downloadable/map/Thematic%20maps/resettlement/Resettlement%202003.pdf "Resettlement 2003"] , Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Agency (DPPA) (accessed 26 November 2006)] The following year, along with Asigede Tsimbela, this woreda became the home of a total of 24,000 heads of household and a total of 96,000 family members. [ [http://www.dppc.gov.et/downloadable/map/Thematic%20maps/resettlement/Resettlement%202004.pdf "Resettlement 2004"] , DPPA (accessed 26 November 2006)] In 2006, Tsegede was once more selected for this resettlement program, along with Dangila, Lay Armachiho and Qwara in the Amhara Region, becoming the new homes for 8,671 families. [ [http://waltainfo.com/EnNews/2006/Oct/04Oct06/18881.htm "More than 15,500 households resettled in Amhara, SNNP and Oromia states"] Walta Information Center(WIC)] This was reportedly accompanied with almost 68 million Birr in infrastructure development. [ [http://waltainfo.com/EnNews/2006/Sep/15Sep06/18092.htm "Close to 69mln birr infrastructural dev't works carried out in resettlement sites in Amhara state"] (WIC)]

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