Majete

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

::summary Town in Amhara Region, Ethiopia ::

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

Field	Value
official_name	Majete
native_name
settlement_type	Town
dot_x
pushpin_map	Ethiopia
pushpin_label_position	bottom
pushpin_map_caption	Location within Ethiopia
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Ethiopia
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Amhara
subdivision_type2	Zone
subdivision_name2	Semien (North) Shewa
leader_title1
established_title2
established_title3
unit_pref
area_total_km2
area_land_km2
population_as_of	2005
population_total	7,487
timezone	EAT
utc_offset	+3
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
postal_code_type
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|postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = Majete is a town in north-eastern Ethiopia. Located in the Semien Shewa Zone of the Amhara Region. This town has a latitude and longitude of .

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2018, the town had a population of 221 as compared to 2005 where Karakore had an estimated total population of 10,859 of whom 5,553 were males and 5,306 were females. The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 6,247 of whom 2,922 were males and 3,325 were females. It is one of two towns in Antsokiyana Gemza woreda.

Notes

References

2. There is also references to another settlement Majete also called "Iruf Kolemo", with a latitude and longitude of {{coord. 10. 27. N. 39. 51. E. It is unclear if these are simply different geographical coordinates for the same Majete.
3. [http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics] {{webarchive. link. (2006-11-23 , Table B.4)

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