Coordinates: 9°50′N 39°00′E

Ensaro
Ensaro (Amharic: እንሳሮ) is a woreda in the Amhara Region,
Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Shewa Zone, Ensaro is bordered on Ensaro
the south and west by the Oromia Region, on the north by the እንሳሮ
Jamma River which separates it from Merhabiete, on the northeast
by Moretna Jiru, and on the east by Siyadebrina Wayu. Towns in Woreda
Ensaro include Lemi.

This woreda was originally named Ensaro, which is the name

used in the 1994 national census, and it was changed to Ensaro Flag
Wayu prior to the Ethiopian Agricultural Sample Survey in
October 2001. Siyadebrina Wayu was split from Ensaro Wayu Zone Semien Shewa
between 2004 and 2007. Region Amhara Region
Area[1]
Demographics  • Total 442.10 km2
(170.70 sq mi)
Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the Central Population (2012 est.)[1]
Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total  • Total 63,154
population of 58,203, of whom 29,888 are men and 28,315  • Density 140/km2 (370/sq mi)
women; 3,164 or 5.44% are urban inhabitants. The majority of the
inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 99.89% reporting that as their religion.[2]

The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 122,473 in 24,069 households, of
whom 62,057 were men and 60,416 were women; 5,464 or 4.46% of its population were urban dwellers.
The two largest ethnic groups reported in Ensaro were the Amhara (70.27%), and the Oromo (29.58%); all
other ethnic groups made up 0.15% of the population. Amharic was spoken as a first language by 68.97%,
and Oromiffa was spoken by 30.98%; the remaining 0.05% spoke all other primary languages reported.
The majority of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 99.87% reporting that as
their religion.[3]

Notes
1. Geohive: Ethiopia (http://www.geohive.com/cntry/ethiopia.aspx) Archived (https://web.archiv
e.org/web/20120805184429/http://www.geohive.com/cntry/ethiopia.aspx) 2012-08-05 at the
Wayback Machine
2. Census 2007 Tables: Amhara Region (http://www.csa.gov.et/index.php?option=com_rubber
doc&view=doc&id=266&format=raw&Itemid=521) Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/201
01114004005/http://www.csa.gov.et/index.php?option=com_rubberdoc&view=doc&id=266&
format=raw&Itemid=521) November 14, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5,
3.1, 3.2 and 3.4.
3. 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Amhara Region, Vol. 1, part 1
(http://www.csa.gov.et/surveys/Population%20and%20Housing%20Census%201994/survey
0/data/docs%5Creport%5CStatistical_Report%5Ck03%5Ck03_partI.pdf) Archived (https://w
eb.archive.org/web/20101115052151/http://www.csa.gov.et/surveys/Population%20and%20
Housing%20Census%201994/survey0/data/docs%5Creport%5CStatistical_Report%5Ck0
 3%5Ck03_partI.pdf) November 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.7, 2.10,
2.13, 2.17, Annex II.2 (accessed 9 April 2009)

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