Menz Lalo Midir

Menz Lalo Midir
መንዝ ላሎ ምድር
Flag of Menz Lalo Midir
ZoneSemien Shewa
RegionAmhara
Area
 • Total
381.65 km2 (147.36 sq mi)
Population
 (2012 est.)[1]
 • Total
18,638
 • Density48.835/km2 (126.48/sq mi)

Menz Lalo Midir (Amharic: መንዝ ላሎ ምድር) is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. It is named after the district of the former province of Menz, Lalo Meder. Located in the Semien Shewa Zone, Menz Lalo Midir is bordered on the southeast by Menz Mama Midir, on the west by Menz Keya Gebreal, and on the north by Menz Gera Midir. Menz Lalo Midir was part of former Mam Midrina Lalo Midir woreda.

Demographics

A 2012 estimate puts the population at 18,638.[2] This gives a population density of 48.84 people per square kilometer (126.48 people per square mile), given its area of 318.65 square kilometers (147.36 square miles), less than half the North Shewa Zone average of 126.20 people per square kilometer (326.87 people per square mile).

Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 17,308, of whom 8,643 are men and 8,665 women; none are urban inhabitants.

The majority of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 99.93% reporting that as their religion.[3][4]

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 2026-08-08.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ IPUMS, Central Statistical Agency (2016-12-22), English: Population and Housing Census 2007 Report, Amhara, Part I: Population Size and Characteristics (PDF), retrieved 2026-08-24