Yejube

Yejube (also transliterated Ejube) is a town in west-central Ethiopia. Located in the Misraq Gojjam Zone of the Amhara Region, it has a latitude and longitude of 10°09′N 37°45′E / 10.150°N 37.750°E / 10.150; 37.750Coordinates: 10°09′N 37°45′E / 10.150°N 37.750°E / 10.150; 37.750 and an elevation of 2211 meters above sea level. It is the largest town in Baso Liben woreda.

The British traveller C.T. Beke visited this town 12 May 1842, describing it in his report to the Geographical Journal as "a large commercial town close to the market of Baso."[1] Yejube was visited by another European, C.F. Rey, on 9 January 1926, who described the settlement as "a large village of about 1500 inhabitants situated on an open plain near extensive marshes where duck and other wildfowl were plentiful."[2]

Demographics

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Yejube has an estimated total population of 6,502, of whom 3,258 are men and 3,244 are women.[3] The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 3,717 of whom 1,714 were men and 2,033 were women.

Notes

  1. ↑ Beke, "Abyssinia. Being a Continuation of Routes in That Country", Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, 14 (1844), p. 17
  2. ↑ C. F. Rey, "A Recent Visit to Gudru and Gojjam", Geographical Journal, 67 (1926), p. 497
  3. ↑ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.3
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