Semen Gondar (or "North Gondar") is a Zone in the Ethiopian Amhara Region. Semen Gondar is bordered on the south by Lake Tana, Misrak Gojjam and the Benishangul-Gumuz Region, on the west by Sudan, on the north by the Tigray Region, on the east by Wag Hemra and on the southeast by Debub Gondar. Towns and cities in Semien Gondar include Debarq, Emfranz, Gondar, Gorgora and Metemma. Map of Ethiopia highlighting the Amhara region. ... Lake Tana from space, April 1991 Lake Tana (also spelled Tana; older spellings include Tsana and Dambea) is the source of the Blue Nile and is the largest lake in Ethiopia. ... Misrak Gojjam (or West Gojjam) is a Zone in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. ... Benishangul-Gumuz is one of the nine ethnic divisions (kililoch) of Ethiopia. ... Map of Ethiopia highlighting the Tigray region. ... Debub Gondar (or South Gondar) is a Zone in the Ethiopian Amhara Region. ... Gondar (less commonly spelled Gonder) was the old imperial capital of Ethiopia and the historic Begemder province, now part of the Amhara region. ... Gorgora is a town in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia, lying south of Gondar on the north shore of Lake Tana. ... Metemma is a village in western Ethiopia, on the border with Sudan. ...

The Gondar Zone is named for the city of Gondar, the capital of Ethiopia until the mid-19th century.

Demographics

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this zone has an estimated total population of 2,903,165, of which 1,467,567 were males and 1,435,598 were females. With an estimated area of 48,204.39 square kilometers, Semen Gondar has an estimated population density of 60.23 people per square kilometer.^[1] The Central Statistical Agency (CSA) is an agency of the government of Ethiopia designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that country used to monitor economic and social growth, as well as to act as an official training center in that field. ...

According to a May 24, 2004 World Bank memorandum, 7% of the inhabitants of Semen Gondar have access to electricity, this zone has a road density of 21.2 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers, the average rural household has 1.2 hectare of land (compared to the national average of 1.01 hectare of land and an average of 0.75 for the Ahmara Region)^[2] and the equivalent of 0.8 heads of livestock. 24.6% of the population is in non-farm related jobs, compared to the national average of 25 % and a Regional average of 21%. 50 % of all eligibile children are enrolled in primary school, and 13% in secondary schools. 62% of the zone is exposed to malaria, and none to Tsetse fly. The memorandum gave this zone a drought risk rating of 506.^[3] Logo of the World Bank The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD, in Romance languages: BIRD), better known as the World Bank, is an international organization whose original mission was to finance the reconstruction of nations devastated by WWII. Now, its mission has expanded to fight poverty by means... Red blood cell infected with Malaria, derived from male aria (Italian for bad air) and formerly called ague or marsh fever in English, is an infectious disease which causes about 350-500 million infections with humans and approximately 1. ... Binomial name Glossina morsitans The tsetse fly, Glossina morsitans, is a fly (order Diptera) that eats blood from animals, including humans. ...

Notes

1. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.3
2. ^ Comparative national and regional figures comes from the World Bank publication, Klaus Deininger et al. "Tenure Security and Land Related Investment", WP-2991 (accessed 23 March 2006).
3. ^ World Bank, Four Ethiopias: A Regional Characterization (accessed 23 March 2006).