Ensaro (Amharic: እንሳሮ) is a

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 ...

in the Amhara Region,

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 Semien Shewa Zone, Ensaro is bordered on the south and west by the

Oromia Region Oromia (Amharic: ) ( om, Oromiyaa) is a regional state in Ethiopia and the homeland of the Oromo people. The capital of Oromia is Addis Ababa. It is bordered by the Somali Region to the east; the Amhara Region, the Afar Region and the Benish ...

, on the north by the Jamma River which separates it from Merhabiete, on the northeast by

Moretna Jiru Moretna Jeru ( Amharic ሞረትና ጅሩ "Moret and Jeru") is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. It is named in part after the historic district of Shewa, Moret, which lay between the Jamma River and the district of Shewa Med ...

, and on the east by

Siyadebrina Wayu Siyadebrina Wayu (Amharic: ሲያደብርና ዋዩ) is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Located in the Semien Shewa Zone, Siyadebrina Wayu is bordered on the south by the Oromia Region, on the west by Ensaro, on the north by ...

. Towns in Ensaro include

Lemi Lemi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Karelia region. The municipality has a population of (), which make it the smallest municipality in South Karelia in terms of population. It covers an area of of which is water. The ...

. This woreda was originally named Ensaro, which is the name used in the 1994 national census, and it was changed to Ensaro Wayu prior to the Ethiopian Agricultural Sample Survey in October 2001.

was split from Ensaro Wayu between 2004 and 2007.

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 58,203, of whom 29,888 are men and 28,315 women; 3,164 or 5.44% are urban inhabitants. 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 99.89% reporting that as their religion. The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 122,473 in 24,069 households, of whom 62,057 were men and 60,416 were women; 5,464 or 4.46% of its population were urban dwellers. The two largest ethnic groups reported in Ensaro were the Amhara (70.27%), and the Oromo (29.58%); all other ethnic groups made up 0.15% of the population.

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 ...

was spoken as a first language by 68.97%, and

Oromiffa Oromo ( or ; Oromo: ''Afaan Oromoo''), in the linguistic literature of the early 20th century also called Galla (a name with a pejorative meaning and therefore rejected by the Oromo people), is an Afroasiatic language The Afroasiatic languag ...

was spoken by 30.98%; the remaining 0.05% spoke all other primary languages reported. The majority of the inhabitants practiced

, with 99.87% 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)

Notes

Districts of Amhara Region {{Amhara-geo-stub