- La'ilay Maychew
La'ilay Maychew (
Tigrinya "Upper Salty Water") is one of the 36woreda s in theTigray Region ofEthiopia . Part of theMehakelegnaw Zone , La'ilay Maychew is bordered on the south byNaeder Adet , on the west byTahtay Maychew , on the north byMereb Lehe , and on the east by Adwa. Towns in La'ilay Maychew includeAxum andMahibere Degue .The
Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation announced that it would provide 24-hour electrical service to five towns in Adwa, La'ilay Maychew and Naeder Adet, reaching a total of 100,000 new clients in all of the woredas. This new service would begin in June, 2007. [ [http://www.waltainfo.com/EnNews/2006/Nov/29Nov06/21142.htm "EEPCo to provide round-the-clock electric power supply for five rural towns in Tigray State"] (Walta Information Center )]Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 130,725, of whom 66,003 were males and 64,722 were females; 48,748 or 37.29% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 23.9%. With an estimated area of 554.09 square kilometers, La'ilay Maychew has an estimated population density of 235.9 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 123.96. [ [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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