Dega Damot (

Amharic Amharic ( or ; (Amharic: ), ', ) is an Ethiopian Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amharas, and also serves as a lingua franca for all oth ...

: ደጋ ዳሞት) is one of the

woreda Districts of Ethiopia, also called woredas ( am, ወረዳ; ''woreda''), are the third level of the administrative divisions of Ethiopia – after ''zones'' and the '' regional states''. These districts are further subdivided into a number of ...

s in the

Amhara Region The Amhara Region ( am, አማራ ክልል, Åmara Kilil), officially the Amhara National Regional State (), is a regional state in northern Ethiopia and the homeland of the Amhara people. Its capital is Bahir Dar which is the seat of the Reg ...

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

. Part of the

Mirab Gojjam Zone West Gojjam (Amharic: ምዕራብ ጎጃም) or Mirab Gojjam is a Zone in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. It is named after the former province of Gojjam. West Gojjam is bordered on the south by the Abay River which separates it from the Oromia R ...

, Dega Damot is bordered on the south by

Dembecha Dembecha is a town in northwestern Ethiopia 349 km north of Addis Ababa. Located in the Mirab Gojjam Zone of the Amhara Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 2083 meters above sea level. It is one of three towns in ...

, on the southwest by

Jabi Tehnan Jabi Tehnan (Amharic: ጃቢ ጠህናን) is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mirab Gojjam Zone, Jabi Tehnan is bordered on the southeast by Dembecha, on the west by Bure, on the northwest by Sekela, on the north ...

, on the west by

Kuarit Quarit (Amharic: ቋሪት ) is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mirab Gojjam Zone, Quarit is bordered on the southwest by Jabi Tehnan, on the west by Sekela, on the north by Yilmana Densa, on the east by the Misraq ...

, and on the north and east by the

Misraq Gojjam Zone East Gojjam (Amharic: ምሥራቅ ጎጃም), also called Misraq Gojjam, is a zone in Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Its capital is Debre Markos. East Gojjam is named after the former province of Gojjam. East Gojjam is bordered on the south by the ...

. The major town in Dega Damot is

Feres Bet Feres Bet ( Amharic: ፈረስ ቤት), is a small town found in the Amhara Region, West Gojjam Zone, Ethiopia. It is the Capital city of the district of Dega Damot Dega Damot ( Amharic: ደጋ ዳሞት) is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region ...

Demographics

Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the

Central Statistical Agency The Central Statistical Agency (CSA; Amharic: ማዕከላዊ ስታቲስቲክስ ኤጀንሲ) is an agency of the government of Ethiopia designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that country used to monitor economic and social growth ...

of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 152,343, an increase of 16.35% over the 1994 census, of whom 75,005 are men and 77,338 women; 6,699 or 4.40% are urban inhabitants. With an area of 831.23 square kilometers, Dega Damot has a population density of 183.27, which is greater than the Zone average of 158.25 persons per square kilometer. A total of 33,336 households were counted in this woreda, resulting in an average of 4.57 persons to a household, and 32,497 housing units. The majority of the inhabitants practiced

Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ( am, የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን, ''Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan'') is the largest of the Oriental Orthodox Churches. One of the few Chris ...

, with 99.92% reporting that as their religion. The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 130,939 in 26,453 households, of whom 65,388 were men and 65,661 were women; 1,696 or 1.3% of its population were urban dwellers. The largest ethnic group reported in Dega Damot was the Amhara (99.95%).

was spoken as a first language by 99.97%. The majority of the inhabitants practiced

, with 99.95% reporting that as their religion.''1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Amhara Region'', Vol. 1, part 1
, Tables 2.1, 2.7, 2.10, 2.13, 2.17, Annex II.2 (accessed 9 April 2009) Fekadu Molla is one of the famous and the most respected man at dega damot.

Notes

Districts of Amhara Region {{Amhara-geo-stub