PROFILE FOR AMHARA NATIONAL REGIONAL STATE

I. INTRODUCTION

Countries/ local governments now a days to solve social, economic and political development
problems, they use different Geo-Spatial and socio-economy data/information as the main inputs
for developmental planning, policy and strategy formulation, monitoring and evaluation of
projects, programs and policies, and for the decision making purposes reliable and timely
available data have become vital.

The Amhara National Regional state plan and development commission has been given legal
duties and responsibilities of collecting, organizing and analyzing of different data and store in
the form of data base and publishes as well as disseminates for different data users.

In light of this fact, the Amhara plan and development commission has attempted to address data
demand of different stakeholders and provides various data sources who are involved directly or
indirectly in the development process of the region.

Thus, the 2019/20 budget year Geo-Spatial and socio-economy data/information presents a wide
range of Geo-Spatial and socio-economy data/information facts. Hence, different stakeholders
may use these figures and facts as the bench mark for developmental planning, policy
formulation and decision making purposes in the region.

Finally, we would like to thank different government and nongovernment organizations and
sectors who have helped us in providing the required data for the preparation of this Geo-Spatial
and socio-economy data/information document. Suggestion, comments and recommendation
regarding the publication are welcomed to enrich our future works.

ANRS Planning and Development Commission

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 CHAPTER ONE

1. PHYSICAL BACKGROUND OF AMHARA

1.1. Location

The Amhara National Regional State is one of the ten regional states in Ethiopia. The region is
located in the north western and north central part of Ethiopia. The capital city of the region
Bahir Dar is located 565 KM away from the capital of Addis Ababa. The National Regional
State of Amhara is located within 8°40’0”-14°50’0”N latitudes and 35°10’0”-40°20’0”E
longitudes. Amhara has an east-west extension of about 537 km. From north to south it is
approximately 685 km. The State of Amhara shares common borders with Tigray region in the
north, Afar region in the east, Oromiya region in the south, Benishangul- Gumuz region in the
south west and Sudan and South Sudan in the west. The Region has also international boundary
lines with Sudan (279 Kms) to North West. The total boundary length of the regional state of
Amhara is about 2863 Kms,of which the longest boundary line (861 Kms) is with the National
Regional State of Oromiya, followed by Afar National Regional State (555 Kms). Similarly, the
Regional State shares With Tigray National Regional State (499 Kms) and Benishangul-Gumuz
National Regional State (492 Kms).

1.2 Size

The total area of the National Regional State of Amhara varies from year to year based on different study
results. However based on recently studies, the GIS Data output (result) indicated that the total area of the
region is 180,631.7km² or 1, 806, 317.00 hectares (Plan Commission GIS Team, 2013). This area covers
more than 15.7 percent of the total area of the Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

The Regional state is classified for the administrative purpose into 13 administrative Zones, 3 Regio-
politan, 147 rural woredas and 79 City Administration. More over the regional staten has more than 3,484
rural kebeles and 660 urban dwellers kebeles.

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Table1: Amhara Zone, Capital Towns, Woreda and City Administration 2013/2021.

Capital City
Zone Town Woredas Administration Total
West Gojjam FinoteSelam 14 8 22
Debre
East Gojjam Markos 17 9 26
DebreBirha
North Shewa n 22 10 32
North Wollo Woldiya 11 7 18
Oromiya Kemisie 5 4 9
Waghemera Sekota 7 2 9
Centeral Gondar Gondar 15 4 19
South Wollo Dessie 20 10 30
West Gondar Gendewuha 4 3 7
Debre
South Gondar Tabor 13 8 21
North Gondar Debark 6 2 8
Awi Enjibara 9 7 16
143 74 217
Total

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Table2: Amhara Urban/Town Administration 2013 E.C/2021 G.C

Regio-

Sub-municipality

Total number of
Developing city
Administration

municipality

cities in the
Politan city

Leading

region
Zone

City
Administrat
ion

Bahir Dar 1 2 1 4
Gondar 1 1
Dessie 1 1
North Wollo 7 9 6 35 57
North Shewa 10 20 9 28 67
South Gonder 8 12 9 32 61
North Gonder 2 5 - 16 23
CenteralGonder 4 20 8 34 66
West Gonder 3 5 5 9 22
South Wollo 10 15 19 55 99
East Gojjam 9 10 12 44 75
West Gojjam 8 13 10 46 77
Waghemera 2 5 4 13 24
Oromiya 4 2 6 15 27
Awi 7 2 10 37 56
QabtiyaHumeraWolkaitTeged - - - - -
e
Total 3 74 120 99 364 660

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1.3 Shape

Amhara Region extends over geographic area. It has elongated shape from North West direction
Sudan country border. It has a total border length of about 2,863 km (about 456 km international
boundary with Sudan and 2,407km with National Regional state of Ethiopia.

1.4 Mineral Resources

A mineral is a naturally occurring inorganic solid, with a definite chemical composition, and an
ordered atomic arrangement. This may seem a bit of a mouthful, but if you break it down it
becomes simpler. Minerals are naturally occurring they are not made by humans. They are
inorganic they have never been alive and are not made up from plants or animals. In addition to
this Minerals are solids they are not liquids (like water), or gases (like the air around you).

Minerals have a definite chemical composition:-Each one is made of a particular mix of chemical
elements. Minerals have an ordered atomic arrangement the chemical elements that make up
each mineral are arrange.

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Table3: Data on minerals

N Zone Type of Minerals Locality Covera Used Or

o ge(Km² Not
)
1 East Limestone Dejen,ShebelBerenta,EnebeseSarMi Unkno Used
Gojjam der&Awabel wn
Gypsum Dejen,ShebelBerenta&awabel Unkno Used
wn
Granite Basoliben,EnebeseSarMider&Debr 95.1 Used
eEliyas
Sand Stone Dejen -- Used
Pumice Gozamen -- --
Marble DebreEliyas -- --
Clay soil Dejen -- --
West Red ash Bahir darZuriya -- Used
Gojjam Granite Bure,Qotabo -- Used
Opal Jambi 6 Not Used
2 North Manganese Angot 135,49 Not used
Wollo 3
Natrolite and Zoolitite Gidan 10 Not used
Cobalt, sulfur, nickel and Habru 534,83 Not used
lead 5.3
OPal Gubalafto 8.5 Used
3 South Hematite steel 016 &014 6 Not used
Wollo Limestone -- Unknown
Opal Ambasel -- Used
Steel MekaneSelam -- --
4 South Kaolin Farta 2 Not used
Gondar Quartz Simada -- --
Kaolin Estie&Gunabegiemder -- --
5 West Granite Qara Unkno Not used
Gondar wn
6 Central Quartzolite Alefa 42000 Not used
Gondar
7 Awi Gold Zigem 2.08 --
Marble Jawi Unkno --
wn
Granite Zigem 25.65 --
Marble Chagni Unkno --
wn
8 Wagheme Gold Abergelie 135
ra Sandstone -- -- --
9 North Pumice MinjarShenkora 10.2 --
Shewa FieldSpar 42.6 --
Bentonite Angolelana Tera 20 --

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 1.5 Climate

Climate is the average weather in a place over many years. While the weather can change in just
a few hours, climate takes hundreds, thousands, even millions of years to change. On the other
hand Weather is what the forecasters on the TV news predict each day. They tell people about
the temperature, cloudiness, humidity, and whether a storm is likely in the next few days. That’s
weather! It is the mix of events that happens each day in our atmosphere. Weather is not the
same everywhere. It may be hot and sunny in one part of the world, but freezing and snowy in
another.

The climate is important for development but natural climate fluctuations from autonomous climate
cycles disrupting ecological, economic and social systems. However, human factors have an impact on
local and global climate patterns.

Agro- ecologically, Amhara National Regional State is classified by Bereha, Kolla, Woina Dega,
Dega,Wurch And Kur. See below Agro-ecological zone with its above sea level with meter and
major crop types:-

Explanation

1.Bereha (hot lowlands, <500 meters, In the arideast, crop production is very limited , in the humid
west root crops and maize are largelygrown)

2.Kolla(lowlands, 500 - 1,500, sorghum, fingermillet, sesame, cowpeas,groundnuts)

3.WoinaDega (midlands, 1,500 - 2,300, wheat,teff, barley, maize, sorghum, chickpeas ,

haricotbeans)

4. Dega (highlands, 2,300 - 3,200, barley,wheat, highland oilseeds, highlandpulses)

5.Wurch (highlands, 3,200 - 3,700, barley iscommon)

6.Kur (highland, >3,700, primarily forgrazing).

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Table: 4 Agro-climate Zone of Amhara Region

Zone Belo 500- 1500- 2300- 3200-3700M Above3700M(%

w 1500M 2300M (%) 3200M (%) (%) )
500M (%)
West Gondar 62.88 31.92 5.2 0 0 0
North wollo 0 19.89482 28.00 24.70 14.98 12.44
Oromia 0 0.0 45.04 41.74 13.22 0
Waghimra 0 0.0 55.12 26.80 13.90 4.19
South wollo 0 13.94 24.38 22.76 26.24 12.68
Awi 0 34.4 31.91 33.70 0 0
West Gojjam 0 12.68 49.29 27.83 10.21 0
East Gojjam 0 14.79 18.05 22.86 36.68 7.62
North shewa 0 26.14 24.88 23.35 25.63 0
South Gondar 0 12.38 31.85 28.64 20.34 6.78
North Gondar 0 29.93 27.89 18.19 15.43 8.57
Central Gondar 0 41.00 44.56 14.44 0 0
Dessie Town 0 0 40.75 59.25 0 0
Gondar Town 0 0 62.56 37.44 0 0
Bahir Dar Town 0 0 100 0 0 0
Argoba Special 0 43.33 35.82 20.84 0 0
woreda

1.6 Temperature

Temperature is the degree of hotness or coldness of an object. ... The temperature of an object, usually
measured in degrees-Fahrenheit or degrees-Celsius, tells us how much heat, or energy, the object has.

The Amhara Region enjoys an average temperature ranging from 15 to 21 degrees Celsius. But in the
valleys and marginal areas the temperature exceeds 27 °C. Type of weather patterns have been
categorized into four (4) seasons. The summer/ Kiremt season which extends from June to August, the
Autumn /Belge Season extends from September to November, the Bega season extends from December
to February while the rest of the year (March to May)is considered Spring/Tuesday. The coldest season
of the region are common from October to February.

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 1.7 Land Use land Cover

Land cover indicates the physical land type such as forest or open water whereas land use
documents how people are using the land. Land cover data documents indicates that how much
of a region is covered by forests, wetlands, impervious surfaces, agriculture, and other land and
water types.

The Term Land Use implies that the way the people allocate the land for their satisfaction or
needs. Farming land, grazing, national parks and sanctuaries ,construction spaces, vegetation,
water body, shrub land...etc are some of the major example of land uses.

The Amhara National Regional State (ANRS) in Northwestern Ethiopia shares these
phenomena. The region has a total area of approximately 180,631.7 km², of which 2%, 27% and
6% is covered by high forest, shrub land and woodland, respectively. More than 60% of the total
land area in ANRS is covered by Afromontane vegetation, of which dry Afromontane forests
covers the largest proportion approximately 18%.

1.8 Soil

Soil is the unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the Earth that
serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants. The unconsolidated mineral or organic
matter on the surface of the Earth that has been subjected to and shows effects of genetic and
environmental factors of: climate (including water and temperature effects), and macro- and
microorganisms, conditioned by relief, acting on parent material over a period of time. A
product-soil differs from the material from which it is derived in many physical, chemical,
biological, and morphological properties and characteristics. Soil is one of the most important
natural resources on which our food supplies directly or indirectly depend. The highlands of
Amhara are relatively dominated by fertile soils of volcanic origin. However some soil may be
too acidic or basic, while other may be ferruginous sodic saline.

In general there are 18 major soil units in the region which are derived from the soil formation phase.

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Table: 5 Soil Type in Amhara Region

N Soil Type Location %

o coverage
1 CalcaricRegosols West Gondar, 0.003
2 Chromic Cambisols Waghimra 0.11
3 Chromic Luvisols West Gojjam,E/Gojjam,S/Gonder,C/Gonder,W/Gonder, 7.14
4 Dystric Podzoluviso CenteralGonder,NorthGonder 1.3
5 EutricCambisols Waghimra,W/Gojjam,SouthGondar,Oromia,N/Gondar,Awi,E/ 4.7
Gojjam ,North Wollo, South Wollo
6 EutricLeptosols North Gondar,WestGondar,DessieTown,Oromia,South 11.5
Gondar,Waghimra,,West Gojjam, North Wollo, South Wollo
7 EutricVertisols Awi,EastGojjam,Oromia,WestGojjam,CenteralGondar,NorthGond 15.6
er,WestGondar,Gondar Town Dessie Town, North Wollo, ,
8 Eutricfluvisols Awi,West Gondar, South Wollo 0.8
9 Haplic Luvisols Central Gondar,Gondar town ,North Gondar,WestGondar,Bahirdar 14.02
Town,West Gojjam,Waghimra,South Gondar Awi, North Wollo,
10 Haplic Phaeozems East Gojjam, 0.07
11 Haplic Solonchaks Oromia 0.10
12 HumicNitosols CentralGondar,WestGondar,North Gondar, West Gojjam, South 9.21
Gondar, Awi,
13 Lithic Leptosols West Gojjam, WagHimra, South Gondar, Oromya, East Gojjam, 32.2
Awi, Centeralgonder,Northgonder,GonderTown,Dessie town,
North Wollo, , North Shewa, South Wollo
14 Mollic Andosols North Shewa, 0.18
15 RendzicLeptosols East Gojjam,SouthWollo, North Shewa, 1.99
16 Swamps South Wollo, Oromia, , North Shewa 0.10
17 VerticCambisols West Gondar, North Shewa, 0.95
18 Water Bodies West Gojjam, South Wollo, South Gondar, East 0.06
Gojjam,NorthWollo, Awi , North Shewa, South Wollo

The remaining surface area of Amhara region state are covered by other smaller soil type water bodies,
rocky outcrop, stone surface, swamps areas .In general most of the soil of Amhara region have good
agricultural potential. However soil on the highlands of Amhara has been to serious erosion due to
destructive exploitation activities (deforestation, over cultivation, bad farming practices, etc.

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 1.9 Relief

Relief is typically defined as the difference in height between the high point and the low point on
a landscape, in feet or in meters. Since it uses various colors and shading types to shows areas of
different elevation, and some shadowing to highlight steep slopes. A landform is a feature on the
Earth's surface that is part of the terrain. Mountains, hills, plateaus, and plains are the four major
types of landforms.

Table: 6 Attitude ranges of Amhara Region

No Attitude range(m) Types Of Terrain Spatial Coverage

Km² Percent %
4000-4500 Mountain range 139.28 0.1
3500-4000 1,423.88 0.8
3000-3500 7,095.87 3.98
2500-3000 High Plateau 21,207.91 11.88
2000-2500 Intermediate Plateau 38,396.83 21.54
1500-2000 Low Plateau 48,675.02 27.31
1000-1500 Very Low Plateau 29,672.4 16.65
500-1000 Low ,land 31,646.1 17.75
<500 Low Plain 0.94 0.0

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 1.10 Mountains

A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant
exposed bedrock. A mountain differs from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is larger than a
hill. In this profile we only take mountains that have 3,000m and above elevation in Amhara Region.

Table: 7 Mountains of Amhara Region

Name of the Mountain Altitude (m) Zone

Ras-Dashen 4620 North gonder
WoinoBer 4465 North gonder
Kidusyared 4453 North gonder
Tafawlezer 4449 North gonder
Abatdejen 4454 North gonder
Buahit 4430 North gonder
Aba yared 4409 North gonder
Hawaza 3250 North gonder
Tebabber 3052 North Wollo
Menget 3800 North Wollo
Gafet 3781 North Wollo
Dilb 3750 North Wollo
Key easha 3700 North Wollo
Abahoyterara 4008 North Wollo
Asheten 3072 North Wollo
Abuneyosef 4228 North Wollo
Teley 3845 North Wollo
Gimel 3492 North Wollo
Kalab 3732 North Wollo
Nidu 3562 North Wollo
Ambaferit 4247 South Wollo
Chulki 3918 South Wollo
Yewol 3695 South Wollo
Marye(Teremichig) 2991 South Wollo
Tossa 3018 Dessie Town
Kundi 3000 North Shewa
Guassa 3400 North Shewa
FiyelGinbar 3000 North Shewa
ChiraGebriel 3159 North Shewa
AbuyeMeda 4000 North Shewa
Geragugiya 3450 North Shewa
Gebigna 3388 North Shewa
Gelemotit 3234 North Shewa
Meggezaz 3596 North Shewa
Rassa Guba 3200 North Shewa
Choke 4088 East Gojjam

1.11 Lakes

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A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, apart from
any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Natural lakes are generally found in
mountainous areas. A lake is a body of water that is surrounded by land. There are millions of
lakes in the world. They are found on every continent and in every kind of environment—in
mountains and deserts, on plains, and near seashores. Lakes vary greatly in size. Lake of Amhara
Region can categorized into crater, Inland basin and man-made.

Table: 8 major Lakes of Amhara Region

Elevation(m
Area(Km²
Depth(m) )
Zone Name_lake Length (Km) Width (Km) )
Bahir dar, C/Gondar,
S/Gondar and
1938
W/Gojam Tana 75 60 9 3033
2300
Godara 1.3 1.4 2.5 1.4
W.Gojam
2200
Tileba 0.75 0.9 ND 3.14
2500
Zengena 0.75 0.85 150-169 0.54
2300
Awi Tireba 0.75 1 150-155 0.78
2002
Hayik 7 5 23 23
2152
Ardibo 7 3 ND 7
1000
Hardi 10 10 ND 75
logoha ND ND ND 9
S/Wollo Golbo
Maybar
N/Shewa Mollu
Tekeze
human
Waghemra made ND ND ND ND
Koga
West Gojjam human
made ND ND ND ND

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 1.12 Tourism
Tourism is one of the world’s fastest-growing industries and a major foreign exchange and
employment generation for many countries. It is one of the most remarkable economic and social
phenomena. According to WTO (1993)” Tourism encompasses the activities of persons traveling
and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for
leisure, business, and other purposes.”

Amhara region is blessed more with abundance and diversify natural environment than other
regions in Ethiopia. It has more of the tourist attraction locations within it boundary. The major
tourist attraction locations have been grouped into four according to Bureau of culture and
tourism in Amhara region as follows:

1. Simen Mountain National Park is the most marvelous of Ethiopian landscapes lying mainly to
the north east of Gondar Town. It has many summits that rise up to more than 4000meters above
sea level. Ras-Dashen is the highest peak which is 4,620 meters above sea level, the highest in
Ethiopia and the fourth in Africa. Simen National Park is blessed with diverse fauna and flora
apart from the marvelous mountain scenery, these include Ethiopian Red Fox called Simen Fox,
Chilada Baboons,Wild goat (Walia Ibex); birds like Eagles, Vulture and several plant species.

2. Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela listed as one of the World’s heritage by UNESCO. It has
eleven ancient churches some of which dated back to between 6th and 11th century.

3. Fassil- Gebbi Castles of Gondar is another World’s heritage site, 175 km from Bahir Dar. It
has Old palaces of Emperors and Orthodox Churches where the ancient architectural designs and
stone constructions are still preserved; built around 17th and 18th century represents Ethiopian
civilization.

4.Bahir Dar, the capital city of Amhara regional state serve as the gateway to the main attraction
location in the region with several tourist sites which include: Lake Tana , Islands and Peninsular
Monasteries, Blue Nile falls, Abay River, Orthodox churches , cultural activities, Souvenirs and
artifacts of silver, brass and gold.

In general, In the amhara region, there are 8 national park,31 hot spring,238 caves,561Ancient
church and mosque,44 palace building and 297cultural and religious festivals. See the table in
Zone Distribution.

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 Table: 9 Parks of Amhara Region

ተ.ቁ National Available Address Distance from The type and number Types of
Park_Name woreda of biodiversity in the tourism
Capital(Km) park infrastructure
Wild Birds Plant
Zone Woreda Anim s
als
1. Borena፣AmaraSaynt
BorenaSayntW South ፣MehalSanyt፣Tenta 18 From
erehimeno Wollo ፣Mekdela&Legambo MekaneSelam ›30 84
2. WolekaAbaybe South Wogdie፣Kelela&Ja 25 From
toWenzoch Wollo ma Wogdie ›20 36
3. AmbeshenMilli West North Achefer 15 ›10 ›3 ›9 Road
nium Gondar Available
4. Bakusa Awi Jawi 70 ›28 ›31 ›63 Road፣Water
፣Lighting፣L
odge available
5. Godebie West West Armacheho 34 ›21 ›57 ›81 --
Gondar
6. Aletash West Kara 30 ›71 ›180 ›67 Road available
Gondar
7. AbayMillinium Bahir ›48
Dar
8. Simen
Mountain

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 Table: 10 springs of Amhara Region

No Hot Spring Name Available Address Distance from woreda

Zone Woreda Kebele Capital(Km)

1. Wanzaye South Gondar Dera GedamWondeye 51

2. GonoGebreal South Gondar Andabet Gono 17

3. Guramba South Gondar Fogera Guramba 40

4. GebenaAheya South Gondar simada 02Mekdese Mariam 30

5. AbuneAregawi North Shewa S/Robit 03 2

6. LebekaEyesus North Shewa Mida Lebeka 22
7. Harbu South Wollo Harbu 01 Adis Mender 25
8. Milie South Wollo Harbu 018 Kuno 30
9. Aweytu Oromiya JilieTimuga Merewa 4
10. Borkena Oromiya Dewa Chefa Hijera 8
11. Chachatu Oromiya Bati Chachatu 10
12. Golona(Ligodie) North Wollo Raya Kobo Aradom 12
13. melka hora North Wollo Raya Kobo Robit -

14. Sheneti North Wollo Raya Kobo Workie -

15. Aleka North Wollo Habru Kerem -

16. Chereti North Wollo Habru Cheret -

17. milie North Wollo Habru - -

18. Merkota North Wollo Habru - -

19. Abay(44 Tebel) East Gojjam D/Eliyas Jabi Genet 47

20. Arara East Gojjam EnarjEnawuga AraraTemos 22

21. LomieMuhet East Gojjam HuletEjuEnese Guatran 17

22. WoletNigist East Gojjam HuletEjuEnese Gedam abo 30

enaMeshege
23. Kokos East Gojjam DejenZuriya MusheritDingay 46

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No Hot Spring Name Available Address Distance from woreda
Zone Woreda Kebele Capital(Km)

24. Aba Mehari CentralGondar Alefa - 6

25. Arema CentralGondar Takusa - 15

26. Angereb CentralGondar Tach Armacheho - 45

27. Angar West Gojjam YilmanaDensa Angar 38

28. biherawi Awi Jawi Alukuranda 25
29. Mat West Gondar Metema Achera 48
30. Bariya mat West Gondar Metema Shashegie 60

31. Set Amba West Gondar Metema Shashegie 60

Table: 11 Natural Caves of Amhara Region

No Zone Number Of Caves

1 North Wollo 31
2 Oromiya 3
3 South Gondar 11
4 South Wollo 68
5 West Gojjam 37
6 East Gojjam 3
7 Awi 19
8 Central Gondar 11
West Gondar 4
9 North Shewa 43
10 Waghemera 4
Total 234

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Table: 12 Ancient Religious center Of Amhara National Regional State

No Zone No Ancient Religious center Total

Church And Monastery Mosque & Cemetery Place
1 North Wollo 30 - 30
2 Oromiya 1 14 15
3 South Gondar 34 - 34
4 South Wollo 55 36 91
5 West Gojjam 181 - 181
6 East Gojjam 4 - 4
7 Awi 11 - 11
8 Central Gondar 50 2 52
9 West Gondar 11 - 11
10 North Shewa 53 4 57
11 Waghemera 11 - 11
12 Gondar Town 44 2 46
13 Dessie 6 1 7
14 Bahir Dar 11 - 11
Total 502 59 561

Table: 13 The Castle Palace of Amhara Region

No Zone No of Palace
1 North Wollo 8
2 Gondar Town 8
3 South Gondar 5
4 South Wollo 10
5 West Gojjam 6
6 Central Gondar 4
7 Dessie 2
8 Bahir Dar 1
Total 44

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 Table: 14 Cultural and religious festivals that are regularly celebrated

No Zone No of Cultural and religious celebration

1 North Wollo 55
2 Gondar Town 21
3 South Gondar 22
4 South Wollo 54
5 West Gojjam 28
6 Waghemera 18
7 Dessie 1
8 Bahir Dar 2
9 North Gondar 19
10 North Shewa 37
11 East Gojjam 21
12 Awi 18
13 Oromiya 1
Total 297

Table: 15 Heritage Preservation and care to cultural, historical and attractions in regional state

Zone Number of Heritage Restoration and Conservation

Urban Rural Total
Awi 647 647
Bahir Dar 328 328
East Gojam 734 734
North Gondar 117 117
Gondar 162 162
North Shewa 9199 9199
North Wello 714 714
Oromiya 603 603
South Gondar 91 91
South Wello 1865 1865
Dessie 459 459
West Gojjam 2300 2300
Waghemra 1620 1620
Regional 18839 18839
Source: ANRS Culture and Tourism Bureau

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 1.13 Forest
A forest is defined as an environment that is covered by trees at least five meters (16 feet) high over an
area of at least 0.5 hectares (1.2 acres).

Table: 16 Forest in Amhara national regional state

Forest Area (Hectares)

No Zone Total Forest Area
Natural Forest Man Made Forest Mixed(Natural & Man
(Hectares)
made forest)

1. West Gojjam 106,576.86

168,891.59 6,043.00 281,511.44

East Gojjam
2. 113,223.13 103,332.55 - 216,555.68

3. North Shewa 75,117.57 58,248.53 6,053.88 139,419.98

Oromiya
4. 40,698.52 12,219.34 10,224.00 63,141.86

South Wollo
5. 34,589.35 92,651.90 13,955.90 141,197.15

6. North Wollo 32,623.30 55,783.46 77,786.98 166,193.74

Waghimera
7. 20,263.50 162.51 5,206.11 25,632.12
South Gondar
8. 61,662.96 94,880.62 - 156,543.58

9. Central Gondar 243,664.75 19,632.81 7,660.50 270,958.07

North Gondar
10. 84,776.94 16,647.62 11,933.47 113,358.03

West Gondar
11. 384,165.85 426.50 0.00 384,592.35

12. Awi
84,871.68 203,415.60 - 288,287.28

Total(Hectares)

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 1,282,234.41 826,293.03 138,863.84 2,247,391.28

1.14 Infrastructure
Road
A road is a wide way leading from one place to another, especially one with a specially prepared
surface which vehicles can use.

Table : 17 Roads constructed in Regional by zones in 2020/21

By
By
Zone Federa By Rural road Total
URRAP
l
North Gonder 306.6 346.85 236.68 890.13
South Gonder 577.3 1247.56 2524.07
699.21
West Gojam 801 821.13 1525.36 3147.49
Awi 56 495.03 691.30 1242.33
East Gojam 596 717.52 1738 3051.52
North shewa 1148.7 840.22 1498.18 3487.1
South wollo 735.7 902.62 1876.92 3515.24
North wollo 717 621.46 963 2301.46
Waghemera 182 398.29 390.44 970.73
oromiya 104 61.9 506.18 672.08
Bahir dar - - 4304.2
West Gondar 747.5 333.01 238.7 1319.2
Central Gondar 271.2 639.7 1143.62 2054.5
Total 6243 6876.94 12055.94 29480.1

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Table :18 Distance from road and average travel on foot from main road in rural by zones in 2018/19

Zone/Cities Distance from Area in km2 Road Density

roads in KM /1000 km2

Awi 1242.33 9708.39 127.96

Bahir Dar 4304.22 416.8718 10325.04
E. Gojam 3051.52 15892.36 192.01
N. Gonder 890.13 9497.54 93.72
N. Shewa 3487.1 18044.4 193.25
N. Wello 2301.46 13961.08 164.85
Oromiya 672.08 4740.71 141.77
centeral G 2054.52 30451.57 67.47
S. Gonder 2524.07 15943.39 158.31
S. Wello 3515.24 21117.36 166.46
Dessie 1319.21 2545.57 518.24
W.Gojam 3147.49 15035.5 209.34
W.Hemra 970.73 9931.24 97.75
3077.98
Regional 29480.1 170363.9618 173.04

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 CHAPTER TWO

2.1 Population

Population is defined as the total number of people in a defined geographical data particular point in time.
It is characterized by its size, population growth rate, age and sex structure and spatial distribution of
population. These outcomes of population dynamics are in continuous change due to the demographic
process of fertility, mortality and migration. All the population problems center on the issue of whether
changes in the structure of the population add to or subtract from the economic wellbeing of the nation.
Population might be considered as a liability rather than an asset if its growth rate is not matched by an
equal or greater growth rate of the economy.

In addition to this, the issue of population was one of the main agendas that the regional as well as
national Growth and Transformation Plan is working on it to harmonize the growth of population
with the development of the region and the country. Currently, the demographic situation of the
Amhara region shows an annual growth of 2.3 percent which leads the total population size to
22.1million (male 11.0million and female 11.1million) as of the year 2019/20. See also the
following tables of 20 and 21 so as to see the trend of population growth from 2015/16 up to
2019/20 or 2008 E.C up to 2012 E.C in the regional state.

Table 20: Population Estimate by Type of Residence , Amhara Region 2015/16 – 2019/20

Type of
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Remark
Residence

Urban 3,490,997 3681997 3,887,997 4,089,997 4,301,108

Rural 17,279,002 17453002 17,603,002 17,752,002 17,881,002

Total 20,769,999 21134999 21,490,999 21,841,999 22,189,999

year 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20

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Bar chart 1: Population Estimate by Type of Residence, Amhara Region 2008 – 2012

2012

2011

Total
year

2010
Rural
Urban

2009

2008

0 5,000,000 10,000,000 15,000,000 20,000,000 25,000,000

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 Table : 22 Population size by Sex and Age Group and Urban Rural, Amhara Region, 2019/20

Population size by Sex and Age Group and Urban Rural, Amhara Region
Urban + Rural Urban Rural
Age Group Both Sexes Male Female Both Sexes Male Female Both Sexes Male Female
0-4 2,600,160 1,309,577 1,290,583 388,100 193,309 194,791 2,212,060 1,116,268 1,095,792
5-9 3,165,017 1,596,010 1,569,007 421,496 212,203 209,294 2,743,520 1,383,807 1,359,713
10-14 3,089,633 1,580,204 1,509,429 477,797 224,630 253,167 2,611,836 1,355,574 1,256,262
15-19 2,771,135 1,411,759 1,359,376 682,483 303,200 379,283 2,088,652 1,108,559 980,094
20-24 2,105,126 1,038,356 1,066,770 625,456 285,558 339,898 1,479,670 752,797 726,872
25-29 1,728,937 810,688 918,249 453,929 216,692 237,238 1,275,008 593,997 681,011
30-34 1,222,366 588,775 633,591 269,970 129,927 140,042 952,397 458,848 493,549
35-39 1,202,709 576,765 625,944 258,170 125,114 133,057 944,538 451,651 492,887
40-44 899,807 461,254 438,553 160,685 83,993 76,692 739,123 377,261 361,862
45-49 755,471 371,531 383,940 131,365 62,007 69,358 624,106 309,524 314,582
50-54 730,431 320,923 409,508 120,553 51,954 68,599 609,878 268,969 340,910
55-59 548,526 292,363 256,164 89,479 41,471 48,009 459,047 250,892 208,155
60-64 433,640 216,859 216,781 74,801 33,162 41,639 358,839 183,697 175,142
65-69 303,521 161,534 141,987 47,845 21,609 26,235 255,677 139,925 115,752
70-74 268,561 137,518 131,044 42,433 18,326 24,107 226,129 119,192 106,937
75-79 153,471 81,829 71,642 25,932 10,854 15,078 127,539 70,975 56,564
80+ 211,486 112,881 98,606 38,503 17,099 21,404 172,983 95,782 77,202
Total 22,189,999 11,068,826 11,121,173 4,308,997 2,031,108 2,277,889 17,881,002 9,037,717 8,843,285

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2.2 Market and infrastructure Development

Market is a communication channel used to inform customers in the regional state. Marketing
informs your customers about the products or services you are offering them. Through
marketing, the customers get to know about the value of the products, their usage and additional
information that might be helpful to the customers. It is also the process of teaching consumers
why they should choose your product or service over those of your competitors, and is a form of
persuasive communication. Based on this, in Amhara national regional state there are 2884
market places. The total number of big molls recorded in this year is 21,whereas the number of
old valid business license is 313,219 and the number of the new valid business license is
79,584.

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 Table 23: Market infrastructure by Zone 2019/20

Market infrastructure
No Zone Market centers Stora "Qer Infor Trade Tr Destin
Rura Urban Animal Skin/ Sesa Whit "Mas Grai "Atana Fish Total ge a matio Fair ai ation Warehouse
l mark market hide me e ho n "marke mar market stati "serv n Bazaa ni market
mark et mark Bean "Mar mar t ket center on ice cente r and ng center
prim sec r Exhibi ce
et et Mark ket ket
ary ond tion nt Mediu large
et
ary er m
s
1 Awi 62 44 44 1 5 14 15 185 2 6 no no no no 4

2 Bahir 4 3 1 2 10 1 4 no no no 1
dar
3 E/ 114 49 55 2 27 15 21 1 32 316 8 5 no no no no 3
Gojam
4 N/ 44 9 22 3 3 7 11 99 3 4 no no no no
gonder
5 W/ 38 4 14 34 2 3 95 no no no no 13 2
gonder
6 C/ 68 28 57 4 31 3 9 17 5 222 7 6 no no no no 6
gonder
7 Gonder 4 2 6 1 no no no no
8 N/ 107 46 45 2 22 1 5 5 20 253 9 15 no no no no
Shewa
9 N/wollo 123 6 52 42 5 9 3 129 15 384 10 7 no no no no
10 Oromo 17 12 20 1 0 3 0 2 1 0 56 3 1 no no no no
11 S/ 115 33 55 1 15 3 21 2 7 28 280 7 8 no no no no 2
gonder
12 S/wollo 257 48 95 71 8 31 4 40 28 582 2 1 no no no no 3
13 Dassa 1 2 1 1 2 7 1 no no no no
14 W/ 138 46 53 2 24 8 4 15 9 1 300 9 4 no no no no 1
gojam
15 Wagm 24 32 12 9 2 1 9 89 5 no no no no
era
Region 1112 366 527 11 213 134 91 21 232 171 6 2884 61 68 no no no 31 3
NB: There is no container depo

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2.3 Cooperative organization

One of the greatest advantages of a cooperative organization is the equality involved in its
management and how democratic it is overall. The members can have all of their needs met
without having to defer to a single person. This equitable type of organization makes the
cooperative organization a lot more stable than a regular organization. Members will come and
go without necessarily disrupting the way things work. In fact, whenever change is necessary,
it will take the entire group of members to decide on it. Also, because each member has just a
single vote, everyone has an equal footing in the organization no matter how many shares they
own. The cooperative is a body of its own. It is considered a legal individual, so it takes
responsibility for its own debts rather than relying on the employees, directors or shareholders
– with the exception of situations when there has been fraud or negligence. Each cooperative
member’s liability is limited to her respective investment.

Based on this, in Amhara national regional state there are more than fourteen different types of
cooperatives and 2,500 associations in those cooperatives having a capital of Birr 635,821,127
in the year of 2019/20.

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 Table 24: Number of Cooperatives, and Data of their Assets established in 2019/20

2012/2019/20
Type of cooperatives Number of
Association capital
Multi-purpose cooperatives 13 1,033,840 Remark
Milk products cooperatives 4 782,952
Irrigation cooperatives 14 294,620
Bee products 2 31,100
Animal fattening 6 486,160
Horticulture 2 31,800
Seed Production Marketing 6 313,109
Incense and gum producers 6 88,880
Sub total 53 3,062,461
saving and credit 116
cooperatives 5,439,152
housing const. 2,300 622,011,011
consumers' 30 5,195,703
Homieconomics 1 112,800
Sub total 2,447 632,758,666
TOTAL 2,500 635,821,127
B.Union
Irrigation Union 1 440,751
TOTAL 1 440,751

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 2.4 Regional Livestock Population
Livestock are domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to produce commodities
such as food, fiber and labor ...etc. By the year 2019/20 Ethiopia’s live stock population size
was 119,556,115 and in Amhara national region state 55,594,096 in the
year2019/20.In the Amhara region animal Vaccination Services by different type of
diseases wasgiven for 28,074,555 animals for the year 2019/20.See the table 9 table 10
respectively.

Table 25: Regional Livestock population data in number and Tropical Livestock Unite (TLU)(2019/20

Year
Livestock
Measurement 2012/2019/20
types
Region National
cattle Number 16,289,015 61,591,164

TLU 29.29 30.55

Number 10,375,476 32,856,090

sheep TLU 18.66 16.30

Number 6,659,990 36,805,976

Goat TLU 11.97 16.26

Number 461,620 2,067,839

Horse TLU 0.83 1.02

Number 3,426,255 9,227,012

Asses
TLU 6.16 4.57

Number 184,637 351,759

Mule
TLU 0.33 0.17

Number 49,467 3,729,352

Camel TLU 0.08 1.85

Poultry Number 16,798,316 48,134,204

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 Beehives Number 1,349,320 6792,719

Table 26: Type of Diseases

Type of Diseases

Anthrax Blackleg Pleura- Hemorrhagi Rinderpes others Total

Type of Pneumoni c septicemia t
Vaccination a

Goat-
11,9 16,012,5
Vaccinated 3,236,681 2,929,669 0 9834328
- 00 78
against

Cattle-
3,114,15 2,561,39 53,73 12,061,9
Vaccinated 1,092,499 0 5240198
0 6 4 77
against

Total animal
2,561,39 65,63 15,074,5 28,074,55
Vaccinated 6,350,831 4,022,168 0
6 4 26 5
against

Bar chart 2: Type of Diseases

others

Rinderpest
Type of Diseases

Hemorrhagic septicemia

Pleura-Pneumonia Total animal Vaccinated against

Cattle- Vaccinated against
Blackleg Goat-Vaccinated against

Anthrax

0 0 0
00 00
0 0, 0 0,
,0 ,0
10 20

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 2.5 EDUCATION
Education is a means to improve the living standard and raise the technical Capacity of people.
Development level of a nation depends on its capacity to effectively make use of its natural
resources. This, however, in turn depends on its possession of educated and informed citizens
who are highly skilled and flexible.

To have such individual, a country or region needs to have adequate educational and training
facilities for its People, which the Amhara Region is lacking at present. Lack of adequate quality
educational institution is a major contributing factor for having unskilled and incompetent human
resource in the region.

Under this section major educational information of Amhara region such as, educational
facilities and services are presented.

2.5.1 Educational Facilities and Services

Though several efforts have been made to improve the education coverage of the region, its
quality is still in its infant stage by any standard.

In fact, progress has been shown in terms of number of teachers and working in 2019/20.
Accordingly, the total number of teachers in primary schools TTI Certificate1584, Diploma
131935, Degree 5533 and Master’s degree 86.See table one for zonal and city distribution of
teachers in the region.

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Table 27: Distribution of Teachers by zone and cities for 2019/2020

Primary school Teachers

Master’s
ZONE Sex TTI Certificate Diploma Degree Degree TOTAL
Male 25 8014 574 1 8614
Female 24 6406 370 6800
MisrakGojjam Total 49 14420 944 1 15414
Male 35 4726 185 3 4949
Female 34 4408 178 4620
Awi Total 69 9134 363 3 9569
Male 5 481 250 6 742
Bahir Dar City Female 12 792 220 2 1026
Administration Total 17 1273 470 8 1768
Male 93 8797 303 12 9205
Female 101 7064 179 8 7352
Debub Gonder Total 194 15861 482 20 16557
Male 129 10907 489 2 11527
Female 100 6355 192 1 6648
Debub Wollo Total 229 17262 681 3 18175
Male 5 488 101 1 595
Dessie City Female 9 577 51 637
Administration Total 14 1065 152 1 1232
Male 13 521 104 2 640
Gonder City Female 25 1051 129 6 1211
Administration Total 38 1572 233 8 1851
Male 47 6154 185 3 6389
Female 79 8070 220 6 8375
MakelawiGonder Total 126 14224 405 9 14764
Male 30 7362 406 4 7802
Female 28 7065 326 4 7423
MirabGojjam Total 58 14427 732 8 15225
Male 3 1447 31 1481
Female 13 1262 21 1 1297
MirabGonder Total 16 2709 52 1 2778
Male 163 2689 21 1 2874
Female 134 1647 19 3 1803
Oromiya Total 297 4336 40 4 4677
Male 35 3149 155 3339
Semen Gonder Female 85 3078 147 3 3313

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 Total 120 6227 302 3 6652
Male 57 7512 176 5 7750
Female 27 7539 109 2 7677
Semen Showa Total 84 15051 285 7 15427
Male 89 5831 210 6 6136
Female 100 4113 107 4 4324
Semen Wollo Total 189 9944 317 10 10460
Male 22 2294 53 2369
Female 62 2136 22 2220
Waghimera Total 84 4430 75 0 4589
Male 751 70372 3243 46 74412
Female 833 61563 2290 40 64726
Total Region Total 1584 131935 5533 86 139138

In secondary schools the following data has been shown in terms of number of teachers and
working in 2019/20. Accordingly, the total number of teachers in secondary schools TTI
Certificate 122, Diploma 278, Degree 32,593and Master’s degree 2,676.See table two for zonal and
city distribution of teachers in the region.

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 Table 28: Distribution of Secondary teachers in zones and cities in 2019/20

Secondary teachers data

Diploma Other than
TTI Certificate TTC Degree Masters degree TOTAL
ZONE Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
361
MisrakGojjam 18 4 22 33 8 41 3374 1187 4561 278 83 3703 1282 4985
230
Agewawi 24 4 28 11 9 20 2050 599 2649 193 37 2278 649 2927
Bahir Dar City 169
Administration 3 3 7 4 11 482 196 678 134 35 626 235 861
244
Debub Gonder 11 11 9 2 11 2759 947 3706 214 30 2993 979 3972
265
Debub Wollo 12 12 34 8 42 3298 794 4092 234 31 3578 833 4411
Dessie City 135
Administration 4 1 5 4 1 5 338 142 480 116 19 462 163 625
Gonder City 162
Administration 0 7 7 14 392 234 626 134 28 533 269 802
130
MakelawiGonder 11 1 12 6 0 6 1832 938 2770 102 28 1951 967 2918
367
MirabGojjam 9 5 14 20 8 28 3490 1016 4506 289 78 3808 1107 4915
12
MirabGonder 1 1 6 0 6 269 98 367 10 2 285 101 386
57
Oromiya 3 3 13 6 19 455 113 568 53 4 524 123 647
60
Semen Gonder 0 0 2 2 689 327 1016 45 15 734 344 1078
297
Semen Showa 8 1 9 31 16 47 2436 877 3313 243 54 2718 948 3666
166
Semen Wollo 2 2 12 2 14 1978 551 2529 147 19 2139 572 2711
21
Waghimera 0 11 1 12 567 165 732 15 6 593 172 765
2676
Total Amhara 105 17 122 204 74 278 24409 8184 32593 2207 469 26925 8744 35669

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2.5.2 Kindergarten

In kindergarten schools the following data has been shown in terms of number of teachers and
working in 2019/20. Accordingly, the total number of teachers in kindergarten schools
Certificate male 75 female 1175 total 1250.See table three for zonal and city distribution of
teachers in the region.

Table 29: kindergarten teacher’s data for 2019/20

Certificate
ZONE Male female Total
MisrakGojjam 5 60 65
Agewawi 2 24 26
Bahir Dar City Administration 16 351 367
Debub Gonder 9 45 54
Debub Wollo 16 117 133
Dessie City Administration 2 174 176
Gonder City Administration 0 44 44
MakelawiGonder 1 10 11
MirabGojjam 8 128 136
MirabGonder 0 9 9
Oromiya 4 12 16
Semen Gonder 1 10 11
Semen Showa 3 93 96
Semen Wollo 8 85 93
Waghimera 0 13 13
Total Amhara 75 1175 1250

2.5.3 Number of schools

Progress has been shown in terms of number of educational institutions both in government and
private working in the year 2019/20. Accordingly, the total number of kindergarten 448, primary
schools 9080 , Secondary Schools (9-12) 593 and preparatory schools (11-12) 376 ,thus we have
a total of 10,497 educational institutions in the region from kindergarten up to preparatory schools.

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 Table 30: Government and private education institutions in zones and cities 2019/20

Education institutions in different levels

Kg Primary(1-8) secondary(9-12) preparatory(11-12) Total

gov' gov' gov'
ZONE t private Total gov't private Total t private Total t private Total gov't private Total
MisrakGojjam 2 50 52 939 18 957 67 0 67 46 46 1054 68 1122
Agewawi 3 31 34 542 16 558 42 0 42 29 29 616 47 663
Bahir Dar City
Administration 4 49 53 41 35 76 11 10 21 11 6 17 67 100 167
Debub Gonder 2 27 29 1083 14 1097 63 0 63 33 33 1181 41 1222
Debub Wollo 8 53 61 1217 15 1232 67 0 67 48 48 1340 68 1408
Dessie City Ad. 2 38 40 32 16 48 9 4 13 3 2 5 46 60 106
Gonder City Ad. 25 25 44 22 66 12 5 17 7 3 10 63 55 118
MakelawiGonder 5 7 12 1015 0 1015 48 0 48 31 31 1099 7 1106
MirabGojjam 4 36 40 946 18 964 63 0 63 29 29 1042 54 1096
MirabGonder 4 2 6 226 2 228 10 0 10 6 6 246 4 250
Oromiya 1 6 7 262 0 262 20 0 20 15 15 298 6 304
Semen Gonder 2 2 4 455 0 455 19 0 19 9 9 485 2 487
Semen Showa 1 45 46 1049 27 1076 62 2 64 39 1 40 1151 75 1226
Semen Wollo 3 34 37 759 14 773 53 2 55 42 42 857 50 907
Waghimera 2 2 271 2 273 24 0 24 16 16 311 4 315
Total Amhara 41 407 448 8881 199 9080 570 23 593 364 12 376 9856 641 10497

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 Bar chart 3: Government and private education institutions in zones and cities 2012 E.C

Waghimera
Semen Wollo
Semen Showa
Semen Gonder
Oromiya
Mirab Gonder
Mirab Gojjam
preparatory(11-12)
Makelawi Gonder secondary(9-12)
Gonder City Ad. Primary(1-8)
Kg
Dessie City Ad.
Debub Wollo
Debub Gonder
Bahir Dar City Administration
Agew awi
Misrak Gojjam

0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400

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2.5.4 Primary and Secondary Enrollment Rates

Education is a means to sustain and accelerate the overall development in a country and it has a
direct effect on individuals’ productivity and earnings as well. Hence, the challenge of
development is the challenge of education. As a result of this, in recent years strengthening the
links between economic growth and human development is given due attention as a means to
escape from poverty.

Based on the above principle the regional state is providing education for its citizens. As a result
the data from the following table shows that Gross and Net enrollment rate (Grade 1-8) in
rural and urban in 2019/20 the region is 80.9% and 72.4% respectively. With respect to Gross
enrollment rate secondary school (9-10) and Gross enrollment total (Grade 11-12) are 49.1% and
285,217 respectively.

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 Table 31: Gross and Net enrollment rate (Grade 1-8) in rural and urban in 2019/20

Population age /7-14 Gross Enrollment in Number (Grade 1- Gross Enrollment in % Net Enrollment Rate in Number Net Enrollment in
years/ 8) (Grade1-8) (Grade1-8) % (Grade1-8)
Zone/cities
M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T

E/Gojjam 323,631 317,970 641,601 241,495 230,443 471,938 74.6 72.5 73.6 212,952 205,474 418,426 65.8 64.6 65.2

Awi 156,237 159,044 315,282 145,891 133,497 279,388 93.4 83.9 88.6 127,068 118,095 245,163 81.3 74.3 77.8

Bahir Dar 26,606 32,200 58,806 32,649 33,677 66,326 122.7 104.6 112.8 26,203 28,047 54,250 98.5 87.1 92.3

S/Gonder 298,195 299,724 597,919 259,430 241,896 501,326 87.0 80.7 83.8 236,503 221,989 458,492 79.3 74.1 76.7

S/Wollo 368,567 339,077 707,644 255,024 248,911 503,935 69.2 73.4 71.2 236,365 232,051 468,416 64.1 68.4 66.2

Dessie 21,652 22,642 44,295 14,310 13,759 28,069 66.1 60.8 63.4 12,477 12,583 25,060 57.6 55.6 56.6

Gonder 39,294 38,942 78,235 28,548 28,468 57,016 72.7 73.1 72.9 23,502 24,536 48,038 59.8 63.0 61.4

C/Gonder 266,922 259,467 526,390 257,846 238,456 496,302 96.6 91.9 94.3 224,807 212,307 437,114 84.2 81.8 83.0

W/Gojjam 310,008 313,296 623,304 275,193 261,426 536,619 88.8 83.4 86.1 242,880 233,347 476,227 78.3 74.5 76.4

W/Gonder 45,497 42,977 88,474 43,826 42,592 86,418 96.3 99.1 97.7 38,114 38,091 76,205 83.8 88.6 86.1

Oromiya 67,084 66,905 133,989 56,062 52,160 108,222 83.6 78.0 80.8 54,971 51,343 106,314 81.9 76.7 79.3

N/Gonder 104,290 101,858 206,148 97,813 88,306 186,119 93.8 86.7 90.3 83,065 76,695 159,760 79.6 75.3 77.5

N/Shewa 277,892 252,518 530,410 190,607 177,367 367,974 68.6 70.2 69.4 173,510 163,480 336,990 62.4 64.7 63.5

N/Wollo 201,132 191,930 393,062 145,096 143,889 288,985 72.1 75.0 73.5 130,583 130,485 261,068 64.9 68.0 66.4

65,124 63,946 129,070 63,512 62,058 125,570 97.5 97.0 97.3 51,289 52,112 103,401 78.8 81.5 80.1
Waghimera

2,572,132 2,502,496 5,074,628 2,107,302 1,996,905 4,104,207 81.9 79.8 80.9 1,874,289 1,800,635 3,674,924 72.9 72.0 72.4
Amhara
Table 32: Gross Enrolment grade (9-10) 2019/20

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 Gross Enrolment grade (9-10) 2019/20
Population (Age15-16) Gross Enrollment in number(Grade 9-10) Gross Enrollment Rate in % (Grade 9-10)
Zone/cities
M F T M F T M F T
E/Gojjam 80,419 83,761 164,180 36,909 39,784 76,693 45.9 47.5 46.7
Awi 33,847 35,924 69,771 22,356 25,016 47,372 66.0 69.6 67.9
Bahir Dar 6,973 10,828 17,801 7,672 8,187 15,859 110.0 75.6 89.1
S/Gonder 71,577 66,263 137,840 36,762 35,320 72,082 51.4 53.3 52.3
S/Wollo 92,484 73,461 165,945 33,346 32,532 65,878 36.1 44.3 39.7
Dessie 6,682 7,790 14,472 3,918 4,153 8,071 58.6 53.3 55.8
Gonder 12,468 12,124 24,593 7,351 8,361 15,712 59.0 69.0 63.9
C/Gonder 61,369 61,367 122,736 26,906 33,782 60,688 43.8 55.0 49.4
W/Gojjam 76,344 77,236 153,580 43,299 46,630 89,929 56.7 60.4 58.6
W/Gonder 9,531 11,016 20,547 3,250 3,983 7,233 34.1 36.2 35.2
Oromiya 16,021 15,746 31,767 4,725 3,884 8,609 29.5 24.7 27.1
N/Gonder 24,312 23,345 47,657 10,920 11,732 22,652 44.9 50.3 47.5
N/Shewa 74,503 56,243 130,746 27,772 30,426 58,198 37.3 54.1 44.5
N/Wollo 51,531 44,612 96,143 19,363 22,033 41,396 37.6 49.4 43.1
Waghimera 14,468 15,064 29,532 5,403 6,537 11,940 37.3 43.4 40.4

Amhara 632,529 594,782 1,227,311 289,952 312,360 602,312 45.8 52.5 49.1

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Table 33: Pupil Section Ratio and Pupil -Teacher Ratio (Grade 11-12) 2019/20
Pupil Section Ratio and Pupil -Teacher Ratio (Grade 11-12) 2019/20

Gross enrollment (grade

Zone Number of teachers Number Pupil pupil
11-12)
of Teacher Section
M F T M F T sections Ratio Ratio

E/Gojjam 20,622 21,111 41,733 1429 333 1,762 663 24 63 E/Gojjam

Awi 12,587 12,810 25,397 861 118 979 628 26 40 Awi

Bahir Dar 5,869 5,057 10,926 267 54 321 174 34 63 Bahir Dar

S/Gonder 17,516 15,984 33,500 1081 191 1,272 554 26 60 S/Gonder

S/Wollo 13,702 11,745 25,447 1063 99 1,162 503 22 51 S/Wollo

Dessie 2,518 2,379 4,897 167 25 192 96 26 51 Dessie

Gonder 4,620 4,677 9,297 224 50 274 130 34 72 Gonder

C/Gonder 12,526 14,023 26,549 761 209 970 372 27 71 C/Gonder

W/Gojjam 24,454 24,196 48,650 1338 267 1,605 725 30 67 W/Gojjam

W/Gonder 1,309 1,428 2,737 91 18 109 44 25 62 W/Gonder

Oromiya 2,379 1,565 3,944 150 25 175 84 23 47 Oromiya

N/Gonder 3,887 3,988 7,875 226 49 275 118 29 67 N/Gonder

N/Shewa 9,719 9,719 19,438 806 142 948 445 21 44 N/Shewa

N/Wollo 9,362 9,080 18,442 668 84 752 367 25 50 N/Wollo

Waghimera 2,985 3,400 6,385 175 25 200 121 32 53 Waghimera

Amhara 144,055 141,162 285,217 9307 1689 10,996 5,024 26 57 Amhara

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2.5.5 Teacher - Student Ratio and Pupil Section Ratio

Regarding the regional teacher - student ratio for the regional state in2019/20 a n d teacher-
pupil ratio is 29 in Primary schools, student-section ratio(1-8) is 41.Therefore, to improve access
and quality of education additional effort has to be made.

It is also indicated that, the regional Pupils - Section ratio is 59 and teacher-pupil ratio is 24 in
secondary schools(9-10), moreover, Pupils - Section ratio is 57 and teacher-pupil ratio is 26 in
preparatory schools(11-12). This figure reveals that the class size of primary schools in the
region is lower than the national standard while it is higher for secondary school. The national
Standard is 50 Pupils per class in primary and 40 Pupil in secondary school. Therefore, to
improve access and quality of education additional effort has to be made.

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 Table፡34 Pupil Section Ratio and Pupil -Teacher Ratio (Grade 1-8) 2019/20

Number of students (grade 1-8) Number of teachers Number of Pupil Teacher pupil Section
sections Ratio Ratio
Zone/cities M F T M F T
E/Gojjam 241,495 230,443 471,938 8,630 6,809 15,439 11,594 31 41

Awi 145,891 133,497 279,388 4,976 4,662 9,638 6,580

29 42
Bahir Dar 32,649 33,677 66,326 751 1,038 1,789 1,278
37 52

S/Gonder 259,430 241,896 501,326 9,267 7,407 16,674 11,721

30 43

S/Wollo 255,024 248,911 503,935 11,559 6,671 18,230 13,500

28 37
Dessie 14,310 13,759 28,069 596 637 1,233 657
23 43

Gonder 28,548 28,468 57,016 644 1,212 1,856 1,138

31 50

C/Gonder 257,846 238,456 496,302 6,431 8,446 14,877 10,765

33 46

W/Gojjam 275,193 261,426 536,619 7,832 7,451 15,283 11,348

35 47

W/Gonder 43,826 42,592 86,418 1,486 1,305 2,791 2,117

31 41

Oromiya 56,062 52,160 108,222 2,893 1,814 4,707 3,073

23 35

N/Gonder 97,813 88,306 186,119 3,365 3,377 6,742 4,674

28 40
N/Shewa 190,607 177,367 367,974 7,782 7,718 15,500 11,699 24 31

N/Wollo 145,096 143,889 288,985 6,273 4,417 10,690 7,425

27 39
Waghimera 63,512 62,058 125,570 2,385 2,254 4,639 3,081
27 41
2,107,30 1,996,90 4,104,20
Amhara 74,870 65,218 140,088 100,650
2 5 7 29 41

Bar chart 4: Pupil Section Ratio and Pupil -Teacher Ratio (Grade 1-8) 2012 E.C

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 Waghimera

N/Wollo

N/Shewa

N/Gonder

Oromiya

W/Gonder

W/Gojjam
Number of sections
C/Gonder
Number of teachers
Gonder Number of students (grade 1-8)

Dessie

S/Wollo

S/Gonder

Bahir Dar

Awi

E/Gojjam

0 100,000 200,000 300,000 400,000 500,000 600,000

Table 35: Pupil Section Ratio and Pupil -Teacher Ratio (Grade 9-10) 2019/20

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 Pupil Section Ratio and Pupil -Teacher Ratio (Grade 9-10) 2019/20

Gross enrollment (grade 9-10) Number of teachers Number of Pupil Teacher pupil Section
Zones/cities
M F T M F T sections Ratio Ratio

E/Gojjam 36,909 39,784 76,693 2,274 949 3,223 1,276 24 60

Awi 22,356 25,016 47,372 1,417 531 1,948 1,077 24 44
Bahir Dar 7,672 8,187 15,859 359 181 540 259 29 61
S/Gonder 36,762 35,320 72,082 1,912 788 2,700 1,121 27 64
S/Wollo 33,346 32,532 65,878 2,515 734 3,249 1,136 20 58
Dessie 3,918 4,153 8,071 295 138 433 157 19 51
Gonder 7,351 8,361 15,712 309 219 528 215 30 73
C/Gonder 26,906 33,782 60,688 1,190 758 1,948 847 31 72
W/Gojjam 43,299 46,630 89,929 2,476 842 3,318 1,360 27 66
W/Gonder 3,250 3,983 7,233 194 83 277 99 26 73
Oromiya 4,725 3,884 8,609 374 98 472 165 18 52

N/Gonder 10,920 11,732 22,652 508 295 803 329 28 69

N/Shewa 27,772 30,426 58,198 1,912 806 2,718 1,126 21 52

N/Wollo 19,363 22,033 41,396 1,471 488 1,959 751 21 55
Waghimera 5,403 6,537 11,940 418 147 565 227 21 53
Amhara 289952 312360 602,312 17,624 7,057 24,681 10,145 24 59

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Bar chart 5 : Pupil Section Ratio and Pupil -Teacher Ratio (Grade 9-10) 2019/20

100,000

90,000

80,000

70,000

60,000

50,000
Gross enrollment (grade 9-10)
Number of teachers
40,000 Number of sections

30,000

20,000

10,000

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Table 36: Pupil Section Ratio and Pupil -Teacher Ratio (Grade 11-12) 2019/20

Pupil Section Ratio and Pupil -Teacher Ratio (Grade 11-12) 2019/20

Gross enrollment (grade 11-12) Number of teachers

Number of Pupil Teacher pupil Section
Zone M F T M F T sections Ratio Ratio

E/Gojjam 20,622 21,111 41,733 1429 333 1,762 663 24 63

Awi 12,587 12,810 25,397 861 118 979 628 26 40

Bahir Dar 5,869 5,057 10,926 267 54 321 174 34 63

S/Gonder 17,516 15,984 33,500 1081 191 1,272 554 26 60

S/Wollo 13,702 11,745 25,447 1063 99 1,162 503 22 51

Dessie 2,518 2,379 4,897 167 25 192 96 26 51

Gonder 4,620 4,677 9,297 224 50 274 130 34 72

C/Gonder 12,526 14,023 26,549 761 209 970 372 27 71

W/Gojjam 24,454 24,196 48,650 1338 267 1,605 725 30 67

W/Gonder 1,309 1,428 2,737 91 18 109 44 25 62

Oromiya 2,379 1,565 3,944 150 25 175 84 23 47

N/Gonder 3,887 3,988 7,875 226 49 275 118 29 67

N/Shewa 9,719 9,719 19,438 806 142 948 445 21 44

N/Wollo 9,362 9,080 18,442 668 84 752 367 25 50

Waghimera 2,985 3,400 6,385 175 25 200 121 32 53

Amhara 144,055 141,162 285,217 9307 1689 10,996 5,024 26 57

Bar chart 6: Pupil Section Ratio and Pupil -Teacher Ratio (Grade 11-12) 2012 E.C

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 Waghimera

N/Wollo

N/Shewa

N/Gonder

Oromiya

W/Gonder

W/Gojjam
Number of sections
C/Gonder
Number of teachers
Gonder Gross enrollment (grade 11-12)

Dessie

S/Wollo

S/Gonder

Bahir Dar

Awi

E/Gojjam

0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000 45,000 50,000

2.5.6 Technical & Vocational Enterprise Development

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Technical and Vocational Enterprise Development is important for job creation, small scale industry development, skill and technical knowledge development
for citizens...etc ,this in turn vital for economic and social transformation of the region. Based on this in the region, there are 94 governmental, 82 private
technical & vocational education training (TVET) colleges and 19 polytechnics in 2019/20. In government TVET colleges, 118595 trainees (male 53746 female
64849) enrolled at regular program from level 1-5. Using those institutions for example, different support was given to small and micro enterprises, businesses
enterprise (industries, trades and services) as result in 2019/20 for about 552099 man powers (376089 Male and 176010 Female) permanent job opportunity was
created. This absorbed the great majority of the urban poor and unemployed. However, there are different constraints in the expansion of Small and Micro
Enterprises (SME) include lack of capital, access to credit and increasing number of job seekers. Thus, more attention should be given to promote small and
micro enterprise, which is thought to be the most important interventions to significantly reduce poverty in urban areas.

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Table 37: Number of Government and Private TEVT Colleges in 2019/20

Number of Government and Private TEVT Colleges in 2019/20

Number of institutions
Zones/cities
Gov't College Poly-Tecnic Total Private Total
Awi 5 1 6 11 11
Bahir Dar 0 1 1 11 11
E. Gojam 13 2 15 23 23
N. Gonder 4 1 5 0 0
Gonder 0 1 1 7 7
N. Shewa 15 2 17 3 3
N. Wello 6 2 8 1 1
Oromiya 2 1 3 0 0
S. Gonder 10 2 12 7 7
S. Wello 11 3 14 3 3
Dessie 0 1 1 5 5
W.Gojam 11 1 12 10 10
W.Hemra 4 1 5 1 1
W/Gonder 2 0 2 0 0
C/Gonder 11 0 11 0 0
Total 94 19 113 82 82

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Table 38: Number of Government TEVT trainees in 2019/20

Number of Government TEVT trainees in 2019/20

Level 1 Level 1 and 2 Level 3 Level 3 and 4 Level 5
Zones/cities
Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total

Awi 190 311 501 1904 2722 4626 157 168 325

Bahir Dar 584 395 979 2646 1780 4426 637 436 1073

E. Gojam 349 525 874 3933 4914 8847 566 253 819

N. Gonder 237 420 657 2119 3626 5745 57 73 130

N. Shewa 2404 3076 5480 5478 6211 11689 418 411 829

N. Wello 364 582 946 3451 4103 7554 310 213 523

Oromiya 341 299 640 484 614 1098 24 10 34

S. Gonder 294 337 631 4354 5537 9891 723 625 1348

S. Wello 1170 1314 2484 4309 4452 8761 261 133 394

W.Gojam 159 202 361 4017 5448 9465 303 286 589

W.Hemra 112 179 291 905 1692 2597 56 51 107

Gonder 241 228 469 2215 3490 5705 625 374 999

Dessie 781 578 1359 2698 2003 4701 358 263 621

C/Gonder 701 1348 2049 2527 4639 7166 0 0 0

W/Gonder 74 154 228 210 374 584 0 0 0

Total 8001 9948 17949 41250 51605 92855 4495 3296 7791

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Table 39: Number of Private TEVT trainees in 2019/20

Level 1 Level 1 and 2 Level 3 Level 3 and 4 Level 5

Zone/cities Mal
Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
e
Awi 147 2961 3108
Bahir Dar 1352 3837 5189

E. Gojam 6043 11057 17100

N. Gonder 0 0 0

N. Shewa 381 1266 1647

N. Wello 256 323 579

Oromiya 0 0 0

S. Gonder 1768 2505 4273

S. Wello 439 505 944

W.Gojam 1184 2465 3649

W.Hemra 0 0 0
Gonder 2084 3607 5691
Dessie 1182 1809 2991
Total 14836 30335 45171

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 2.6 Health

Health is one of the fundamental social development in dictators of the region as well as a country.
Getting health service is a human right and without it economic development of a regional sate
and the country becomes impossible. Taking this idea in to consideration, both the regional and
national government have conducted preventive based health strategy. As a result, to increase
health services the sector development program is mainly focus in go in the establishment of
primaryhealthcareservicesandcapacitybuilding.Thepreventionofcontagiousdiseaseshasbeengiveng
reatattention now a days. In the region, the first categorized diseases are all types of malaria,
intestinal parasitic worms, diarrhea and other related diseases. Hence, the strategy focuses on
preventing and treating such diseases. Thus, this disease brings a negative impaction productivity.
In order to reduce the effect of the above health problems and challenges currently, in the region,
there are about 82 hospitals,864 health centers and 3,564 health posts, private pharmacy
931,referal hospital 4 and general hospital 7which are providing health services in the regional
sate. Concerning the health professionals of the region, on the average one medical
specialistserves117,407 one medical doctor serves15,136 one nurse serves 1,979people, and from
these we understand that there is an improvement in health services. However, it is limited as
compared to the number of the people. Hence, health institutes to population ratio are found below the
international standard. In addition to this you can see also the top 10 leading cause of OPD Morbidity
and Admission in Amhara national regional state.

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 Table 40: TypeandNumberofHealthServiceCentresinBureauofHealth,2015/16-2019/20

Health Service Year

Year Hospitals Health Post centers
2008 58 839 3336 2015/16
2009 68 841 3342 2016/17
2010 77 845 3342 2017/18
2011 82 852 3506 2018/19
2012 82 864 3564 2019/20

Bar chart7 : TypeandNumberofHealthServiceCentersinBureauofHealth,208 - 2012

2012

2011

2010 Health Service

Health Post
Hospitals

2009

2008

0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000

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Table 41: Top 10 Leading Cause of OPD Morbidity &Admission in the region in All Age 2019/20

Top 10 Leading Cause of OPD Morbidity and Admission in the region

Disease Number of Cases In Percentage

1 Pneumonia 980686 8
2 Acute upper respiratory infections 913260 8
3 Dyspepsia 872614 7
4 Helminthiases 596015 5
5 Functional intestinal disorders 552751 5
6 Fever of unknown origin 519147 4
7 Malaria 449479 4
8 Disorders of urinary system 429468 4
9 Typhoid and paratyphoid 382525 3
10 Amoebiasis 318910 2.7
10 top total Diseases 6014855 50
All diseases Total 11,948,771

Line chart: Top 10 Leading Cause of OPD Morbidity & Admission in the region in All Age

Number of Cases
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Table 42: Health Professionals to Population Ratio in ANRS (2015/16 -2019/20)

Yea Health Professionals

r/ Yea Rem
Description
E.C Specialist Medical Doctor Health Officer Genera l Nurse Pharmacy Technician Lab TechniciSpecialist r ark
/

No. of Health 35 528 1660 13228 567 1611

Professionals

200 Professional/Population 1: 599999 1: 39772 1 : 12650 1.14375 1 : 37037 1 : 13035 201

8 5/16

No. of Health 102 568 1870 10977 2168 1741

Professionals

200 Professional/Population 1:207,205 1:37209 1:11302 1:11302 6.811111111 1:12140 201

9 6/17

No. of Health 72 904 2442 14077 2508 1739

Professionals

201 Professional/Populatio 1:298,486 1:23,773 1:8,800 1:1,526 1:8,568 1:12,358 201

0 7/18

No. of Health 229 1385 2880 9765 2278 1817 2018

Professionals /19

201 Professional/Population 1: 95,380 1:15,770 5.3083333 1.59444444 6.7 1:12020.9

1

201 No. of Health 189 1,466 2,781 11,212 472 1,819 2019
2 Professionals /20

Professional/Population 1:117,407 1: 15,136 1: 7,979 1: 1,979 1: 47,013 1: 12,199

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 Table 43: Number of Privet Clinics and Pharmaceutical Retailers in Amhara Region 2015/16- 2019/20

Year Private Clinics Pharmaceutical retailers Year

Lower Medium Higher Special Private Pharmac Drug shop Rural Pharma
Hospital y cy

2008 ND ND ND ND 7 738 ND ND 2015/16

2009 ND ND ND ND 7 ND ND ND 2016/17

2010 ND 1217 ND ND 10 732 - - 2017/18

2011 ND 1217 ND ND 8 732 ND ND 2018/19

2012 ND 1299 ND ND 10 nd 931 ND 2019/20

Table 44: Number of Privet Clinics and Pharmaceutical Retailers in Amhara Region 2015/16- 2019/20

Year Private Clinics pharmaceutical retailers

Low Medium Highe Special Private Hospital Pharmacy Drug shop Rural Pharma cy Year
er r

2008 ND ND ND ND 7 738 ND ND 2015/16

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 2009 ND ND ND ND 7 ND ND ND 2016/17

2010 ND 1217 ND ND 10 732 - - 2017/18

2011 ND 1217 ND ND 8 732 ND ND 2018/19

2012 ND 1299 ND ND 10 ND 931 ND 2019/20

Table 45: Amhara Regional Number of Government Health Institution by zone 2019/20

N/ Gondar

C/Gondar

N/Wello
Indicator Remark

West
Oromya
Gondar
Dessie

South

South

Wag
Awi

All hospital
All hospital Types 5 3 2 10 1 2 3 9 10 6 2 8 11 3 7 82 Types

Referral 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 Referral

General 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 General

Primery
Primery stage stage
Hospital 4 1 0 9 0 2 3 9 9 5 1 7 11 3 7 71 Hospital

Health
Health Center 46 10 8 103 8 35 18 75 98 68 28 96 131 34 106 864 Center

356
Health Post 204 15 6 430 14 151 80 404 392 291 107 407 523 138 402 4 Health Post

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 Hospital
Hospital Bed Bed

Health Bed Health Bed

Privet
Privet Health Health
Institutions Institutions

Privet
Privet Clinic 129 Clinic
(Profitable) 128 52 24 131 51 13 94 123 120 73 62 81 169 3 175 9 (Profitable)

Privet
Privet Hospital Hospital
(Profitable) 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 (Profitable)

Privet
Privet Clinic (Non- Clinic (Non-
Profitable) 3 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 15 Profitable)

Diagnostics Diagnostics
Laboratory 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Laboratory

12 Privet
Privet Pharmacy 75 0 54 71 69 11 38 58 70 57 44 51 106 6 101 931 Pharmacy

West Gojjam
South Gondar

Wag Hemira
South Wello
N/ Gondar

C/Gondar

N/Wello

Oromya
Gondar
Dessie
Awi

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 2.7 CIVIL SERVICE

The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil
servants hired on professional merit rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure
typically survives transitions of political leadership. In Amhara national regional sate the
availability data of the civil servant by their service years,sex,level of education level of
administration is very important to have information for the effort to be made to develop the
region.

From the data of Civil service and human resource development Commission, indifferent Zones
and City administrations 6,997 employees, out of which 4,342 males’ and2, 655females, were
engaged in different regional bureau level servicesin2019/20fiscal year.

In general according to the data of Civil service and human resource development Commission,
in the region a total of 388,947 employees, out of which 229,081males and 159,866 females,
were engaged in different services in 2019/20 fiscal year. The number of civil servants by sex
and in each zone and regional bureau are mentioned.

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 Table 46: Total Number of Civil Servants in Each Zone by Sex, (2019/20)
No. of Civil Servants
Zone Remark
Male Female Total percent

Regional Bureau 4342 2655 6997 1.7

E/Gojjam 26203 19369 45572 11.7

W/Gojjam 29212 21582 50794 13

Gondar Town 2835 3331 6166 1.5

S/Gondar 26681 18212 44893 11.5

N/Gondar 26681 18212 44893 11.5

N/wello 18064 11114 29178 7.5

Waghemira 8293 6003 14296 3.6

S/wello 36004 18567 54571 14

Dessie Town 2170 1587 3757 0.9

B/Dar Town 1900 1656 3556 0.9

Awi 17025 11299 28324 7.2

Oromia 7323 4360 11683 3

Ce/Gonder 16814 14604 31418 8

W/Gonder 4118 3343 7461 1.9

N/Shewa 28097 22184 50281 12.9

Total
229,081 159,866 388,947 100

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Bar chart8 : Total Number of Civil Servants in Each Zone by Sex 2012

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 N/Shewa

W/Gonder

Ce/Gonder

Oromia

Awi

B/Dar Town

Dessie Town

S/wello
No. of Civil Servants Total
No. of Civil Servants Female
Waghemira
No. of Civil Servants Male

N/wello

N/Gondar

S/Gondar

Gondar Town

W/Gojjam

E/Gojjam

Regional Bureau

0 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 60000

2.8 WOMEN

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The majority of the people in the Amhara national regional state earn their living through
agriculture and women constitute more than half of the total population (50%).Women’s
participation in the political, social and economic activities would enable to bring
sustainable development. Particularly, poverty would be reduced if and only if women are
directly participated in development activities. In general, in there is gender based
inequality is deep rooted. Due to this, women’s access to various social and economic
services is found to be relatively low. Even if women’s access to education is getting
improved, still there should be great effort to be exerted in order to enhance women’s
participation in higher level education. On the other hand, women’s employment in the
government organizations as an expert is foundtobeonly29.47and in the regional council
47.27. Their access to political institutions like councils at all administrative levels
remains to below.

Table 47: Proportion of Female Civil Servant in Government Institutions (2019/20)

Number Of CivilServant status Remark

Male 229,081
Female 159,866
Total 388,947
%of women engaged In

government e x p e r t civil work 29.47

Table 48: Women's Access to Political Participation (2016/17-2019/20)

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 Number of Women Represented
Participatio
2008 2010 2011 2012
n
No % No No % No %

Federal ND ND ND ND ND ND ND
Council

Regional 139 47.27 139 139 47.3 139 47.27

Council %

Wereda 7685 47.25 25798 7501 47.3 7501 47.25

Council %

Ethinic Zone 78 30.90 78 68 30.9 68 30.9

%

Kebele 418,547 42.52 33378 418547 42.5 42+0 42.52

Council % 2 5

Total 426449 42625 ND 426255

5

2015/16- 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20

2016/17

2.9 Sport facilities

Sports can help people reach your fitness goals and maintain a healthy weight. However, they
also encourage healthy decision-making such as not smoking and not drinking. Sports also have
hidden health benefits such as lowering the chance of osteoporosis or breast cancer later in life.
Therefore the regional state working on the issue based on the above basic objective among
many.In order to produce the best competitors in sports, the youth sports training program has
developed and 803 training sport facilities and 1585 training centers established in the region.

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 Table 2: SportZones and cities
fields and youth center by Zone 2019/20
Bahir Dass N/ Zones andN/
cities
Lists Awi Dar a E/Gojam Gonder Gonder n/shewa wollo Oromo S/gonder S/wollo Wagmira w/Gojam W/Gonder C/Gonder
Bahir Dass Gon N/ n/ N/ Oro S/ S/ Wagmi w/ W/ C/
Youth
Lists Awi Dar a E/Gojam der Gonder shewa wollo mo gonder wollo ra Gojam Gonder Gonder
beneficiaries
Youth in
youth center in
beneficiaries
youth center
Sport
Sport facilities
facilities 104
104 27
27 88 ## ## 2 2 137 137 23 23 16 16 31 31 198 198 64 64 64 64 26 26 26 26 77 77

Rural
Rural
Urban

Trainee athletes 10 10 44 44 137 137

athletes in
in training
training center
center
Male 35 10 5 19 112
Male
Femal 35
16 10
5 5 5 25 19 25 112

Femal
Trainee 50 16
30 5725 5 5 20 31 187 38 182 186 25 76 24 25 184
athletes
Trainee
training athletes
center 50 30 572 5 20 31 187 38 182 186 76 24 184
Male center
training 30 25 440 5 17 26 121 148 166 58 23 139
Femal
Male 20
30 5
25 132
440 5 3 17 5 26 66 121 34 148 20 166 18 58 1 23 45 139
Trainee young
Femal 225
20 10255 545
132 ## 330 3 390 5 719 66 830 431 1025 341930 20 18 4100 1 135 955 45
athletrs
Male young
Trainee 225 525
1025 420
545 ## ## 219 330 200 390 414 719 410 830275 431 625 10251150 1930 2050 4100 120 135 763 955
athletrs
Femal 500 125 ## 11 190 305 420 156 375 780 2050 15 192
Male
Elite athletes 525
51 420
15 ##10 6 219 200 414 410 275 625 44 1150 137 2050 120 763

Femal
Male 500
35 125
10 ## 5 11 190 305 420 156 375 19 780 112 2050 15 192

Elite
Femalathletes 51
16 15
5 5 10 6 25 44 25 137

Male 35 10 5 19 112

Femal 16 5 5 25 25

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2.10 Labor and Social Affairs

Strengthening and expanding peaceful industrial relation, searching conflicts in the workplace
and resolved through alternative labor disputes, especially through mediation, as well as
improving working conditions and enforcing law enforcement takes steps to free workplace
causes of health hazards and health hazards by avoiding the costs and wastage of accidents and
illnesses to protect workers from work hazards and health problems are the major purpose of
labor and social affairs.

In order to implement social protection in a consistent manner in our region, consistent and
interdisciplinary organizational systems will be developed and implemented from the state to the
lower levels of government. A system will be set up to provide social protection services to meet
the basic needs of the poorest(Street people, commercial sex workers and beggars total 30,946)
and most vulnerable groups (77,761 disable people are found in the region). The user
identification system will be based on reliable and community-centered and participatory
information and will be implemented in all areas as a matter of fact.

Social Security Enclosure: Social and governmental support as well as psychological and
counseling services are provided to those who do not have access to basic services to achieve
social security. In addition, artificial limbs and support centers will be strengthened to provide
access to physical rehabilitation services for them.

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Table 50:Data on Street people, commercial sex workers and beggars

Indicators ZONE Total

North South
Bahir Dessi East centeralgonda West North North Oromy South Wag West
Awi Gondar Gonda Gonda
Dar e Gojjam r Gondar shoa Wello a Wello Hemira Gojjam
r r

job
seeker's 5503 2372 1E+0 13734
registered 1 7 13821 115489 842 58395 19726 15381 5 77823 28294 68451 5 22391 88419 857211

3176 1202
6496
Male 3 4 72649 96 36796 13164 8793 87607 55878 18313 43512 97765 11905 51846 548,607

2326 1170
7325
Female 8 3 42840 746 21599 6562 6588 44469 21945 9981 24939 39580 10486 36573 308,604

Disability 3834 2005 1856 9051 1937 5672 2496 0 8750 6854 3791 7835 20301 0 9051 77761

70 10771
981 2996 1332 3833 4169 5,067 42216
Male 2193 1089 5067 6 4894 2114

Female 1641 916 875 3984 1,231 2676 1164 0 3856 3021 1677 3666 9530 0 3,984 35545
commercia
l sex 1471 989 0 1809 1674 700 1381 0 1193 1247 0 1678 1209 0 768 14119
workers

Female 1471 989 0 1809 1674 700 1381 0 1193 1247 0 1678 1209 0 768 14119

beggars 228 644 584 1374 670 946 603 0 1789 265 0 842 979 0 433 9357

Male 131 321 410 672 349 264 288 0 715 137 0 242 445 0 187 3897

Female 97 323 174 702 321 682 315 0 1074 128 0 600 534 0 246 4514

Street
191 957 1103 523 604 153 262 0 636 418 0 925 1557 0 141 7470
people

Male 169 953 852 504 589 104 184 0 610 329 0 865 1475 0 126 6656

Female 22 4 251 19 15 49 78 0 26 89 0 60 82 0 15 661

elders 9917 3941 2620 13458 1032 11426 4736 3089 14140 22622 7580 12916 32853 17603 4166 162099

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Male 4745 1424 907 6296 221 4857 1877 1308 5890 10025 3084 6267 13316 8747 2083 71047

Female 5172 2517 1713 7162 811 6569 2859 1781 8250 12597 4496 6649 19537 8856 2083 91052

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2.11 Towns in Amhara regional state and their status

The growth rate of our region's cities is still low. Accordingly, in the coming years, cities will
pay more attention to their infrastructure, especially roads, water, electricity and liquid waste.
Urban planning will be implemented in a coordinated manner with national and regional
development plans and special plans to ensure the developmental good governance of cities.
Cities will be provided with adequate compensation and rehabilitation support to strengthen land
use savings, and an integrated system will be set up to ensure adequate sustainable land
development and rapid urban growth. The housing development program will be strengthened to
address the mismatch between urban demand and supply. The creation of decentralized urban
governance and financial governance and the direct participation of urban dwellers in direct
development and good governance.

Based on this Amhara national regional state has 3 Metropolitan cities, 127 Municipality, and
660 Zonal Total Towns. Additionally, we have also 15 cities that have development plan in the
regional state.

Table 51፡ Number of towns and their plan and map preparation status 2019/20

Numbe Small Small Cities Cities

r of Cities no cities cities having having Cities
Year cities in plan in having having revised structural having
in the the basic basic basic map map and developmen
E.C region region map Plan and plan plan t plan

2010 629 169 40 40 5 1 4

2011 650 129 40 40 5 3 10

2012 650 89 40 40 2 13 1

2013 650 49 120 120 12 17 15

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Bar chart 9፡ Number of towns and their plan and map preparation status 2010 - 2013

Cities having development plan

Cities having structural map and plan

Cities having revised basic map and plan

year 2013
Small cities having basic Plan year 2012
year 2011
year 2010

Small cities having basic map

Cities no plan in the region

Number of cities in the region

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700

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 Table 52፡ Number of towns and their status 2019/20

Town administration Zona

l
Metro Gro Gro Tota Rema
zone
polita up up Sub- Developi l rk
n one two Municipa Municipa ng Tow
lity lity Towns ns

Bahiredar 1 2 1 4

Gonder 1 1

Desia 1 1

North Gonedar 4 20 8 34 66

South Gondar 1 7 12 9 32 61

North Wello 2 4 10 6 35 57

South wello 1 8 16 19 55 99

North shewa 1 8 21 9 28 67

West Gojjam 1 7 13 10 46 77

Este Gojjam 1 8 10 12 44 75

Awi 1 5 3 10 37 56

Oromo 1 1 4 6 15 27

Waghemira 1 6 4 13 24

genedawha 1 2 5 5 9 22

dbarke 1 1 5 16 23

Region Total 3 12 55 127 99 364 660

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2.12 Amhara regional governmental colleges teacher and student numbers 2013 E.C

2.12.1 Health colleges

NO Health Teacher number and educational status Student

College 2nd degree 1st degree Diploma number
name m f t m f t m f t
1 teda 13 2 15 30 4 34 10 4 14 574
2 Debre tabor 18 1 19 30 4 34 11 4 15 471
3 Dessie 20 3 23 63 13 76 5 9 14 536
4 Debre 19 1 20 63 10 74 3 4 7 552
birhane
5 Bahir dar 23 8 31 38 6 44 10 2 12 496

2.12.2 Agriculture colleges

NO Agriculture Teacher number and educational status Student

College nd
2 degree st
1 degree Diploma number
name m f t m f t m f t
1 kombolcha 38 0 38 7 1 8 0 0 0 1000
2 Woreta 30 4 34 3 2 5 1 1 2 1100
3 Merto 7 1 8 4 0 4 1 0 1 600
lemariyam

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