Semien Wollo (or "North Wollo") is a Zone in the Ethiopian Amhara Region. Semien Wello is bordered on the south by Debub Wollo, on the west by Debub Gondar, on the north by Wag Hemra, and on the northeast and east by the Afar Region. Towns and cities in Semen Wello include Lalibela and Weldiya. Map of Ethiopia highlighting the Amhara region. ... Debub Wollo (or South Wollo) is a Zone in the Ethiopian Amhara Region. ... Debub Gondar (or South Gondar) is a Zone in the Ethiopian Amhara Region. ... Map of Ethiopia highlighting the Afar region. ... Lalibela is a city in the Amhara ethnic division, or kilil, of Ethiopia. ... Weldiya is a town located in the Amhara province of Ethiopia. ...

Semen Wollo acquired its name from the former province of Wollo. Wollo was a province in the north-eastern part of Ethiopia, with its capital city at Dessye. ...

Demographics

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this zone has an estimated total population of 1,731,849, of which 864,907 were males and 866,942 were females. With an estimated area of 16,400.98 square kilometers, Semen Wello has an estimated population density of 105.59 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, 6% of the inhabitants of Semen Wello have access to electricity, this zone has a road density of 69.7 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers, the average rural household has 0.7 hectare of land (compared to the national average of 1.01 hectare of land and a regional average of 0.75 for the Amhara Region)^[2] and the equivalent of 0.7 heads of livestock. 13.2% 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 10% in secondary schools. 27% of the zone is exposed to malaria, and none to Tsetse fly. The memorandum gave this zone a drought risk rating of 577.^[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).