Tach Armachiho

Tach Armachiho (Amharic ታች ዓርማጪሆ) is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. This woreda is named after "Armachiho", a province in northwestern Ethiopia along the border with Sudan

Tach Armachiho ታች ዓርማጪሆ
Woreda
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Zone	Semien Gondar
Region	Amhara Region
Area [1]
• Total	2,710.41 km^2 (1,046.50 sq mi)
Population  (2012 est.)
• Total	97,824

and south of the Tekezé River.[2] Part of the Semien Gondar Zone, Tach Armachiho is bordered on the south by Lay Armachiho and Chilga, on the southwest by Metemma, on the west by Mirab Armachiho, on the north by the Tegeda, on the east by Dabat, and on the southeast by Wegera. Tach Armachiho was part of former Sanja woreda.

Demographics

Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 89,115, of whom 45,874 are men and 43,241 women; 12,258 or 13.8% are urban inhabitants. The majority of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 97.8% reporting that as their religion, while 1.4% of the population said they were Muslim.[3]

Notes

1. Geohive: Ethiopia Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
2. Antony Mockler uses this name in this sense in his book, Haile Selassie's War (New York: Olive Branch Press, 2003)
3. Census 2007 Tables: Amhara Region, Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4.