Guagusa Shekudad

Guagusa Shekudad
Woreda
Flag of Guagusa Shekudad
Flag
ZoneAgew Awi
RegionAmhara Region
Area
[1]
 • Total
296.04 km2 (114.30 sq mi)
Population
 (2012 est.)[1]
 • Total
91,752
 • Density309.93/km2 (802.72/sq mi)

Guagusa Shekudad, also spelled Guagusa Shikudad,[2] is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Agew Awi Zone, Guagusa Shekudad is bordered on the west by Ankasha Guagusa, on the north by Banja Shekudad, and on the east and south by the Mirab Gojjam Zone. Towns in Guagusa Shekudad include Tilili. Guagusa Shekudad was part of former Banja woredas.

Demographics

A 2012 estimate puts the population at 91,752.[3] This gives a population density of 309.93 people per square kilometer (802.72 people per square mile), given its area of 269.04 square kilometers (114.30 square miles), higher than the Agew Awi Zone average of 117.74 people per square kilometer (304.95 people per square mile).

[4]Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 83,930, of whom 41,427 are men and 42,503 women; 9,043 or 10.78% are urban inhabitants.

The majority of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 99.91% reporting that as their religion.[5][6]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Geohive: Ethiopia Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "GeoHive - Ethiopia population statistics". www.geohive.com. Archived from the original on 2012-08-05. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  3. ↑ "GeoHive - Ethiopia population statistics". www.geohive.com. Archived from the original on 2012-08-05. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. ↑ "GeoHive - Ethiopia population statistics". www.geohive.com. Archived from the original on 2012-08-05. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  5. ↑ Census 2007 Tables: Amhara Region Archived 2010-11-14 at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4.
  6. ↑ IPUMS, Central Statistical Agency (2016-12-22), English: Population and Housing Census 2007 Report, Amhara, Part I: Population Size and Characteristics (PDF), retrieved 2026-08-22

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