Semien Shewa (or "North Shewa") is a Zone in the Ethiopian Amhara Region. Semen Shewa is bordered on the south and the west by the Oromia Region, on the north by Debub Wollo, on the northeast by the Oromia Zone, and on the east by the Afar Region. Towns and cities in Semen Shewa include Ankober, Debre Berhan, and Shewa Robit. Map of Ethiopia highlighting the Amhara region. ... Map of Ethiopia highlighting the Oromia region. ... Debub Wollo (or South Wollo) is a Zone in the Ethiopian Amhara Region. ... Oromia is a Zone in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. ... Map of Ethiopia highlighting the Afar region. ... Ankober is a town of Ethiopia, at one time the capital of the historical Shewa kingdom and later district. ... Debre Berhan is a town in the Amhara region of Ethiopia, about 120 kilometers north east of Addis Ababa, on the paved highway to Dessie. ...

Semen Shewa takes its name from the kingdom or former province of Shewa. Shewa (also spelled Shoa) is a historical region of Ethiopia. ...

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this zone has an estimated total population of 2,159,301, of which 1,080,266 were males and 1,079,035 were females. With an estimated area of 16,070.23 square kilometers, Semen Shewa has an estimated population density of 134.37 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, 4% of the inhabitants of Semien Shewa have access to electricity, this zone has a road density of 41.4 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 Amhara Region)^[2] and the equivalent of 0.9 heads of livestock. 15.7% of the population is in non-farm related jobs, compared to the national average of 25% and a Regional average of 21%. 48% of all eligibile children are enrolled in primary school, and 12% in secondary schools. 39% of the zone is exposed to malaria, and 14% to Tsetse fly. The memorandum gave this zone a drought risk rating of 487.^[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 another 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).