Adet is one of the 105 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...

s in 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....

 of Ethiopia

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...

. Part of the Mirab Gojjam Zone

Mirab Gojjam Zone

Mirab Gojjam is a Zone in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Mirab Gojjam is named after the former province of Gojjam was divided in to two administrative zones by EPRDF...

, Adet is bordered on the south by Kuarit

Kuarit

Kuarit is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mirab Gojjam Zone, Kuarit is bordered on the southwest by Jabi Tehnan, on the west by Sekela, on the north by Adet, on the east by the Misraq Gojjam Zone, and on the southeast by Dega Damot...

, on the southwest by Sekela

Sekela (woreda)

Sekela is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mirab Gojjam Zone, Sekela is bordered on the southwest by Bure Wemberma, on the west by the Agew Awi Zone, on the north by Merawi, on the northeast by Adet, on the east by Kuarit, and on the southeast by Jabi Tehnan...

, on the west by Merawi

Merawi (woreda)

Merawi is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mirab Gojjam Zone, Merawi is bordered on the south by Sekela, on the west by the Agew Awi Zone, on the northwest by the Lesser Abay River which separates it from Achefer, on the northeast by Bahir Dar Zuria, and on the...

, on the north by Bahir Dar Zuria

Bahir Dar Zuria

Bahir Dar Zuria is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mirab Gojjam Zone, this woreda is bordered on the south by Adet, on the southwest by Merawi, on the northwest by the Lesser Abay River which separates it from Achefer, on the north by Lake Tana, on the...

, on the east by the Abay River which separates it from 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....

, and on the southeast by the Misraq Gojjam Zone

Misraq Gojjam Zone

Misraq Gojjam is a Zone in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Misraq Gojjam is named after the former province of Gojjam.Misraq Gojjam is bordered on the south by the Oromia Region, on the west by Mirab Gojjam, on the north by Debub Gondar, and on the east by Debub Wollo; the bend of the Abay River...

. The major town in Adet is Adet

Adet

Adet is a town in northwestern Ethiopia. Located south of Bahir Dar in the Mirab Gojjam Zone of the Amhara Region , this town has a latitude and longitude of with an altitude of 2216 meters above sea level...

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Demographics

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency

Central 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, this woreda has an estimated total population of 334,412, of whom 169,085 are men and 165,327 are women; 21,117 or 6.31% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 7.6%. With an estimated area of 1,347.53 square kilometers, Adet has an estimated population density of 248.2 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 174.47.

The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 244,803 in 48,521 households, of whom 122,135 were men and 122,668 were women; 12,178 or 4.97% of its population were urban dwellers. The largest ethnic group reported in Adet was the Amhara

Amhara people

Amhara are a highland people inhabiting the Northwestern highlands of Ethiopia. Numbering about 19.8 million people, they comprise 26% of the country's population, according to the 2007 national census...

 (99.94%). Amharic

Amharic language

Amharic is a Semitic language spoken in Ethiopia. It is the second most-spoken Semitic language in the world, after Arabic, and the official working language of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Thus, it has official status and is used nationwide. Amharic is also the official or working...

 was spoken as a first language by 99.96%. The majority of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 98.16% reporting that as their religion, while 1.83% were Muslim

Islam in Ethiopia

According to the latest 2007 national census, Islam is the second most widely practised religion in Ethiopia after Christianity, with over 25 million of Ethiopians adhering to Islam according to the 2007 national census, having arrived in Ethiopia in 615...

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