Wereta
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Wereta is a town in northern Ethiopia
. Located in the Debub Gondar Zone
of the Amhara Region
, east of Lake Tana
and south of Addis Zemen
, this town has a latitude and longitude of 11°55′N 37°42′E with an elevation of 1828 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Fogera
woreda
.
Telephone service had reached Wereta by 1967, and the town has electrical service. In the 1990s, a new campus for the Wereta College of Agriculture was designed by National Consultants (chief architect Assefa Bekele), with a proposed budget of 60 million Birr
. Located on top of a hill next to the road to Bahir Dar
, the college has a capacity of 2000 students and graduated 269 students in 2004.
(1779-1784), as the place whence Ras Hailu Eshte fled after escaping imprisonment in Gondar
. Wereta was included as one of the stages of the Gondar-Boso trade route of the 1840s, located immediately south of the Reb River
, according to a list compiled by Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie
in his Geodesie d'Ethiopie.
in 2005, Wereta has an estimated total population of 26,317, of whom 13,044 were males and 13,273 were females. The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 15,181 of whom 6,863 were males and 8,313 were females.
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
. Located in the Debub Gondar Zone
Debub Gondar Zone
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 for the local province....
of the Amhara Region
Amhara Region
Amhara is one of the nine ethnic divisions of Ethiopia, containing the homeland of the Amhara people. Previously known as Region 3, its capital is Bahir Dar....
, east of Lake Tana
Lake Tana
Lake Tana is the source of the Blue Nile and is the largest lake in Ethiopia...
and south of Addis Zemen
Addis Zemen
Addis Zemen is a town in northern-central Ethiopia. Located in the Debub Gondar Zone of the Amhara Region, on the road connecting Gondar and Bahir Dar, Addis Zemen has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation of 1975 meters above sea level...
, this town has a latitude and longitude of 11°55′N 37°42′E with an elevation of 1828 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Fogera
Fogera
Fogera is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Debub Gondar Zone, Fogera is bordered on the south by Dera, on the west by Lake Tana, on the north by the Reb which separates it from Kemekem, and on the east by Farta. The administrative center for this woreda is...
woreda
Woreda
Woreda is an administrative division of Ethiopia , equivalent to a district . Woredas are composed of a number of Kebele, or neighborhood associations, which are the smallest unit of local government in Ethiopia...
.
Telephone service had reached Wereta by 1967, and the town has electrical service. In the 1990s, a new campus for the Wereta College of Agriculture was designed by National Consultants (chief architect Assefa Bekele), with a proposed budget of 60 million Birr
Ethiopian birr
The birr is the unit of currency in Ethiopia. Before 1976, dollar was the official English translation of birr. Today, it is officially birr in English as well....
. Located on top of a hill next to the road to Bahir Dar
Bahir Dar
Bahir Dar is a city in north western Ethiopia. It is the capital of the Amhara Region .Administratively, Bahir Dar is considered a Special Zone, placing it midway between Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa which are organized as chartered cities , and cities like Debre Marqos and Dessie, which are...
, the college has a capacity of 2000 students and graduated 269 students in 2004.
History
Wereta appears in the Royal chronicles during the first reign of Emperor Tekle GiyorgisTekle Giyorgis I of Ethiopia
Tekle Giyorgis I was Emperor of Ethiopia intermittently between 20 July 1779 and June 1800, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty...
(1779-1784), as the place whence Ras Hailu Eshte fled after escaping imprisonment in Gondar
Gondar
Gondar or Gonder is a city in Ethiopia, which was once the old imperial capital and capital of the historic Begemder Province. As a result, the old province of Begemder is sometimes referred to as Gondar...
. Wereta was included as one of the stages of the Gondar-Boso trade route of the 1840s, located immediately south of the Reb River
Reb River
Reb River is a river of north-central Ethiopia which empties into Lake Tana at . The river originates on the slopes of Mount Guna, and flows west through Kemekem woreda. It has no significant tributaries.R.E...
, according to a list compiled by Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie
Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie
Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie d'Arrast was a French and Basque explorer, geographer, ethnologue, linguist and astronomer notable for his travels in Ethiopia during the first half of the 19th century...
in his Geodesie d'Ethiopie.
Demographics
Based on figures from the Central Statistical AgencyCentral Statistical Agency (Ethiopia)
The Central Statistical Agency 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, as well as to act as an official training center in that field. It is part of the Ethiopian Ministry of Finance and...
in 2005, Wereta has an estimated total population of 26,317, of whom 13,044 were males and 13,273 were females. The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 15,181 of whom 6,863 were males and 8,313 were females.