Goncha Siso Enese 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

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 t ...

. It has 2 town and 41 rural kebeles. Goncha Siso Enese is bordered on the south by

Enarj Enawga Enarj Enawga (Amharic: እናርጅ እናውጋ) is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Misraq Gojjam Zone, Enarj Enawga is bordered on the south by Enemay, on the southwest by Debay Telatgen, on the west by Hulet Ej E ...

, on the west by

Hulet Ej Enese Hulet Ej Enese is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Misraq Gojjam Zone, it is bordered on the south by Debay Telatgen, on the west by Bibugn and Goncha, on the northwest by the Mirab Gojjam Zone, on the north by the ...

, on the north by the

Abay River Abay may refer to: People *Abay (name) Places * Abay District, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan * Abay District, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan **Abay (town), the province's administrative center * Abay, Almaty, Kazakhstan * Abay, Aktobe, a village ...

which separates it from the

Debub Gondar Zone South Gondar (Amharic: ደቡብ ጎንደር) (or Debub Gondar) is a Zone in the Ethiopian Amhara Region. This zone is named for the city of Gondar, which was the capital of Ethiopia until the mid-19th century, and has often been used as a name ...

, and on the east by

Enbise Sar Midir Enebise Sar Midir is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. This woreda is named in part after the historic district of Enebise, which was first mentioned in the 16th century. Part of the Misraq Gojjam Zone, Enbise Sar Midir is border ...

. The major town in Goncha Siso Enese is Ginde Weyin. Rivers in this woreda include the

Blue Nile The Blue Nile (; ) is a river originating at Lake Tana in Ethiopia. It travels for approximately through Ethiopia and Sudan. Along with the White Nile, it is one of the two major tributaries of the Nile and supplies about 85.6% of the water ...

, Bina, Azuari, Tsiwa, Chiye, and Tigdar, are among the major rivers including other small rivers., all these are tributaries of the Abay. Lake Bahire Giorgies; the third largest lake in Amhara Region found between Enesie kol and Getesemani kebele is one of the most important water body even though less is done to promote it for tourists. there are historic, cultural and religious tourism sites such as Koga Andinet Gedam, Jiret Medhanialem, Aytedash Maryam, Tsodeye and Gindewoin Maryam Gedam which rich in history. In 2002, Goncha Siso Enese was judged to be one of four chronically food insecure woredas in this part of the Amhara Region, due to much of their farmland being "extremely depleted, deforested and eroded".

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 149,646, an increase of 29.66% over the 1994 census, of whom 74,347 are men and 75,299 women; 7,690 or 5.14% are urban inhabitants. With an area of 1,038.17 square kilometers, Goncha Siso Enese has a population density of 144.14, which is less than the zone average of 153.8 persons per square kilometer. A total of 34,082 households were counted in this woreda, resulting in an average of 4.39 persons to a household, and 33,108 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 98.99% reporting that as their religion. The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 115,412 in 24,491 households, of whom 57,870 were men and 57,542 were women; 3,952 or 3.42% of its population were urban dwellers. The largest ethnic group reported in Goncha Siso Enese was the Amhara (99.97%). The majority of the inhabitants practiced

, with 98.08% reporting that as their religion, while 1.78% were

Muslim Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...

.''1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Amhara Region'', Vol. 1, part 1
, Tables 2.1, 2.7, 2.10, 2.17, Annex II.2 (accessed 9 April 2009)

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