Guzamn 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 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...

, Guzamn is bordered on the south by Baso Liben

Baso Liben

Baso Liben is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. A triangular-shaped district at the southernmost point of the Misraq Gojjam Zone, Baso Liben is bordered on the south by a bend of the Abay River which separates it from the Oromia Region, on the northwest by Guzamn, and on the...

, on the southwest by the Abay River which separates it from the Oromia Region

Oromia Region

Oromia is one of the nine ethnic divisions of Ethiopia...

, on the west by Machakel

Machakel

Machakel is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Misraq Gojjam Zone, Machakel is bordered on the south by the Abay River which separates it from the Oromia Region, on the west by the Mirab Gojjam Zone, on the north by Bibugn, and on the east by Guzamn...

, on the northwest by Debay Telatgen

Debay Telatgen

Debay Telatgen is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Misraq Gojjam Zone, Debay Telatgen is bordered on the extreme south by Dejen, on the further southwest by Awabel, on the closer southwest by Guzamn, on the west by Machakel, on the northwest by Bibugn, on the...

, and on the east by Awabel

Awabel

Awabel is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Misraq Gojjam Zone, Awabel is bordered on the south by the Abay River which separates it from the Oromia Region, on the southwest by Baso Liben, on the northwest by Guzamn, on the northeast by Enemay, and on the...

; the Chamwaga River defines part of the border between Guzamn and Baso Liben. The town and woreda of Debre Marqos

Debre Marqos

Debre Marqos is a city and woreda in east-central Ethiopia. Located in the Misraq Gojjam Zone of the Amhara Region, it has a latitude and longitude of , and an elevation of 2,446 meters. The city is named Debre Marqos after its principal church, which was constructed in 1869 and dedicated to St....

 is an enclave inside Guzamn. Towns in Guzamn include Chemoga, Rob Gebeya and Yebokile.

The highest point in this woreda as well as in the Misraq Gojjam Zone is Mount Choqa

Mount Choqa

Mount Choqa is one of the highest mountains of Gojjam, a region of Ethiopia located south of Lake Tana. The range lacks forests and its slopes are cultivated up to an elevation of 3,000 metres above sea level....

 (also known as Mount Birhan), a part of the Choqa Mountains, with an elevation of 4154 meters above sea level. The lowest point is where the Abay passes the western border of Guzamn, which has an elevation of 950 meters. Landmarks include the fortified mountaintops of Jebelli and Mutera, which was used as a stronghold of the rulers of Gojjam until Birru Goshu was defeated and captured by Kassa Hailu (later known as Tewodros II

Tewodros II of Ethiopia

Tewodros II was the Emperor of Ethiopia from 1855 until his death....

) in the Battle of Amba Jebelli

Battle of Amba Jebelli

The Battle of Amba Jebelli was fought in Ethiopia in 1854 between the forces of Kassa Hailu , and the forces of Birru Goshu of Gojjam. Kassa was victorious, Birru Goshu was captured and spent the next 14 years in chains....

.

Demographics

Based on the 2007 national census conducted 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...

 of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 132,883, of whom 66,348 are men and 66,535 women; 2,584 or 1.94% are urban inhabitants. With an area of 1,173.80 square kilometers, Guzamn has a population density of 113.21, which is less than the Zone average of 153.8 persons per square kilometer. A total of 30,180 households were counted in this woreda, resulting in an average of 4.4 persons to a household, and 29,565 housing units.

The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 190,631 in 40,894 households, of whom 95,688 were men and 94,943 were women; 9,439 or 4.95% of its population were urban dwellers. The largest ethnic group reported in Guzamn 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...

 (99.95%). The majority of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 99.94% reporting that as their religion.