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Woreda in Amhara, Ethiopia
Legahida ለገሂዳ
Woreda
Flag of LegahidaFlag
CountryEthiopia
RegionAmhara
ZoneDebub Wollo
Area
 • Total533.21 km (205.87 sq mi)
Population
 • Total72,609

Legahida (Amharic: ለገሂዳ) is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Debub Wollo Zone, Legahida is bordered on the south by Jama, on the west by Kelala, on the north by Legambo, and on the east by Were Ilu. Legahida was separated from Were Ilu.

Demographics

Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 67,138, of whom 33,222 are men and 33,916 women, 2,064 or 3.07% are urban inhabitants. The majority of the inhabitants were Muslim, with 90.53% reporting that as their religion, while 9.29% of the population said they practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.

Notes

  1. ^ Geohive: Ethiopia Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Census 2007 Tables: Amhara Region Archived 2010-11-14 at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4.
Zones and Woredas of the Amhara Region
List of districts in the Amhara region
Agew Awi Zone
East Gojjam Zone
North Gondar Zone
North Shewa Zone
North Wollo Zone
Oromia Zone
South Gondar Zone
South Wollo Zone
Wag Hemra Zone
West Gojjam Zone
Special zones
Special woredas

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