Mirab Belessa
Mirab Belessa or West Belessa is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. It is named after the former province of Belessa, which lay in the same area.
Mirab Belessa | |
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| Zone | Semien Gondar |
| Region | Amhara Region |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,257.79 km2 (485.64 sq mi) |
| Population (2012 est.)[1] | |
• Total | 154,924 |
| • Density | 123.17/km2 (319.01/sq mi) |
Part of the Semien Gondar Zone, Mirab Belessa is bordered on the south by Debub Gondar Zone, on the west by Gondar Zuria, on the north by the Wegera, and on the east by Misraq Belessa. Towns in Mirab Belessa include Arbaya. Mirab Belessa was part of former Belessa woreda.
Demographics
A 2012 estimate puts the population at 154,924.[2] This gives a population density of 123.17 people per square kilometer (319.01 people per square mile), given its area of 1257.79 square kilometers (485.64 square miles), significantly higher than the North Gondar Zone average of 70.19 people per square kilometer (181.80 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 142,791, of whom 72,829 are men and 69,962 women; 7,666 or 5.4% are urban inhabitants.
The majority of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 97% reporting that as their religion, while 2.9% of the population said they were Muslim.[3][4]
Notes
- 1 2 Geohive: Ethiopia Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "GeoHive - Ethiopia population statistics". www.geohive.com. Archived from the original on 2012-08-05. Retrieved 2026-07-31.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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