Legambo

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title: "Legambo" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["districts-of-amhara-region"] description: "District in Amhara Region, Ethiopia" topic_path: "general/districts-of-amhara-region" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legambo" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary District in Amhara Region, Ethiopia ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]

Field	Value
native_name	ለጋምቦ
settlement_type	Woreda
image_flag	Flag of the Amhara Region.svg
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Ethiopia
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_type2	Zone
subdivision_name1	Amhara
subdivision_name2	Debub Wollo
area_total_km2	1,017.35
population_total	178,817
population_as_of	2012 est.
population_density_km2	auto
area_footnotes
population_footnotes
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| name = | native_name = ለጋምቦ | settlement_type = Woreda | image_skyline = | image_flag = Flag of the Amhara Region.svg | image_map = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Ethiopia | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_type2 = Zone | subdivision_name1 = Amhara | subdivision_name2 = Debub Wollo | area_total_km2 = 1,017.35 | population_total = 178,817 | population_as_of = 2012 est. | population_density_km2 = auto | official_name = | area_footnotes = | population_footnotes = Legambo (Amharic: ለጋምቦ) is a woreda in Amhara Region, Ethiopia. This woreda is named for one of the "Houses" or subgroups of the Bete Amhara, who were located there. Part of the Debub Wollo Zone, Legambo is bordered on the south by Legahida and Kelala, on the southwest by Wegde, on the west by Debre Sina, on the northwest by Sayint, on the north by Tenta, on the northeast by Dessie Zuria, and on the southeast by Were Ilu. Towns in Legambo include Aqesta and Embacheber.

Elevations in this woreda range from 1500 to 3700 meters; the highest point in this woreda, as well as the Debub Wollo Zone, is Mount Amba Ferit, which lies on the border with Sayint.

Demographics

Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 165,026, an increase of 3.93% over the 1994 census, of whom 81,268 are men and 83,758 women; 7,327 or 4.44% are urban inhabitants. With an area of 1,017.35 square kilometers, Legambo has a population density of 162.21, which is greater than the Zone average of 147.58 persons per square kilometer. A total of 39,078 households were counted in this woreda, resulting in an average of 4.22 persons to a household, and 37,384 housing units. The majority of the inhabitants were Muslim, with 93.34% reporting that as their religion, while 6.5% of the population said they practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.

The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 158,785 in 38,182 households, of whom 78,087 were men and 80,698 were women; 4,286 or 2.7% of its population were urban dwellers. The largest ethnic group reported in Legambo was the Amhara (99.9%). Amharic was spoken as a first language by 99.92%. The majority of the inhabitants were Muslim, with 92.99% of the population having reported they practiced that belief, while 6.82% of the population said they professed Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.

Notes

References

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3. Svein Ege, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110718142857/http://www.svt.ntnu.no/ethiopia/c16xSouthW%E4loMapFull.pdf "South Shäwa 1:100,000. Topographic and administrative map of South Wälo Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia."]
4. link. (2010-11-14 , Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4.)
5. [http://www.csa.gov.et/surveys/Population%20and%20Housing%20Census%201994/survey0/data/docs%5Creport%5CStatistical_Report%5Ck03%5Ck03_partI.pdf ''1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Amhara Region'', Vol. 1, part 1] {{webarchive. link. (2010-11-15 , Tables 2.1, 2.7, 2.10, 2.13, 2.17, Annex II.2 (accessed 9 April 2009))

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