Tach Armachiho ( am, ታች አርማጭሆ) is one of the
woredas in the
Amhara Region of
Ethiopia. This woreda is named after "Armachiho", a province in northwestern Ethiopia along the
border with Sudan and south of the
Tekezé River. Part of the
Semien Gondar Zone, Tach Armachiho is bordered on the south by
Lay Armachiho and
Chilga, on the southwest by
Metemma, on the west by
Mirab Armachiho
Mirab Armachiho ( am, ምዕራብ አርማጭሆ, lit=West Armachiho) is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. This woreda is named after "Armachiho", a province in northwestern Ethiopia along the border with Sudan and south of t ...
, on the north by the
Tegeda
Tegede (Amharic: ጠገዴ) is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Gondar Zone, Tegeda is bordered on the south by Tach Armachiho, on the west by Mirab Armachiho, on the north by the Tigray Region, on the northea ...
, on the east by
Dabat, and on the southeast by
Wegera. Tach Armachiho was part of former
Sanja woreda.
Demographics
Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the
Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 89,115, of whom 45,874 are men and 43,241 women; 12,258 or 13.8% are urban inhabitants. The majority of the inhabitants practiced
Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 97.8% reporting that as their religion, while 1.4% of the population said they 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 ...
.
Census 2007 Tables: Amhara Region
Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4.
Notes
{{coord missing, Ethiopia
Districts of Amhara Region