Debre Libanos (woreda)

Debre Libanos is one of the woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. It is named after the important monastery of Debre Libanos. It was part of former Yaya Gulelena Debre Liban woreda. Part of the Semien Shewa Zone, Debre Libanos is bordered on the north west by Gerar Jarso, on the south west by Yaya Gulele, on the south and south east by Wuchale and on the north east by Amhara Region. The administrative center of Debre Libanos is Debre Tsige.

Demographics

The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 45,179, of whom 23,351 were men and 21,828 were women; 8,955 or 19.82% of its population were urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants said they practised Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 99.29% of the population reporting they practised that belief.^[1]

Notes

1. ↑ 2007 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region, Vol. 1, Tables 2.1, 2.5, 3.4 (accessed 13 January 2012)