Alamata (woreda)

Alamata is one of the 36 woredas in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Debubawi Zone, Alamata is bordered on the south and west by the Amhara Region, on the northwest by Ofla, and on the northeast by Raya Azebo. The administrative center is Alamata; other towns in Alamata include Waja.

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 137,189, of whom 69,271 were males and 67,918 were females; 56,161 or 40.94% of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 29.1%. With an estimated area of 550.32 square kilometers, Alamata has an estimated population density of 249.3 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 133.18. [ [http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics] , Tables B.3 and B.4]

This woreda was one of the about fifteen most important cotton production areas in Ethiopia in the 1950s, excluding Eritrea. A joint Ministry of Agriculture-ICA project to improve cotton production in the Alamata district happened in 1954-55. [ [http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/A/ORTAK.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"] (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 6 September 2007)]

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