Berehet(Amharic:በረኸት) is one of theworedasin theAmhara RegionofEthiopia.Part of theSemien Shewa Zone,Berehet is bordered on the south by theGermama Riverwhich separates it fromMenjarna Shenkora,on the west byHagere Mariamna Kesem,on the north byAsagirt,and on the east by theAfar Region.The major town in Berehet isMetiteh Bila.
Berehet
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| Zone | Semien Shewa |
| Region | Amhara Region |
| Area | |
• Total | 791.44 km2(305.58 sq mi) |
| Population (2012 est.) | |
• Total | 38,089[1] |
Berehet is the location of theBattle of Bereket,fought 19 November 1855. In this battle, the lastShewannobles to resist EmperorTewodros IIwere defeated by his general Ras Ingida, and seeing that further defiance was futile they surrendered the young heir to the Shewan throne,Menelik.[2] Also during 1933 there was a battle between patriots and Italian army near to metiteh bila, finally they were bombed. That area was prohibited from farming activity for a long time and finally memorial built in 2013.
Demographics
editBased on the 2007 national census conducted by theCentral Statistical Agencyof Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 34,810, an increase of 13.07% over the 1994 census, of whom 17,669 are men and 17,141 women; 3,978 or 11.43% are urban inhabitants. With an area of 791.44 square kilometers, Berehet has a population density of 43.98, which is less than the Zone average of 115.3 persons per square kilometer. A total of 7,658 households were counted in this woreda, resulting in an average of 4.55 persons to a household, and 7,221 housing units. The majority of the inhabitants practicedEthiopian Orthodox Christianity,with 79.62% reporting that as their religion, while 20.19% of the population said they wereMuslim.[3]
The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 30,786 in 5,741 households, of whom 15,789 were men and 14,997 were women; 1,328 or 4.31% of its population were urban dwellers. The two largest ethnic groups reported in Berehet were theAmhara(80.26%), and theArgobba(19.47%); all other ethnic groups made up 0.27% of the population.Amharicwas spoken as a first language by 99.75%. The majority of the inhabitants practicedEthiopian Orthodox Christianity,with 79.21% reporting that as their religion, while 20.75% wereMuslim.[4]
Notes
edit- ^abGeohive: EthiopiaArchived2012-08-05 at theWayback Machine
- ^Sven Rubenson,King of Kings: Tewodros of Ethiopia(Addis Ababa: Haile Selassie I University, 1966), p. 53
- ^Census 2007 Tables: Amhara RegionArchivedNovember 14, 2010, at theWayback Machine,Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4.
- ^1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Amhara Region,Vol. 1, part 1ArchivedNovember 15, 2010, at theWayback Machine,Tables 2.1, 2.7, 2.10, 2.13, 2.17, Annex II.2 (accessed 9 April 2009)