Debay Telatgen is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Woreda (also spelled wereda) is an Administrative division of Ethiopia (managed by a local government equivalent to a District. Amhara (አማራ is one of the nine ethnic divisions ( Kililoch) of Ethiopia, containing the homeland of the Amhara people. NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page Part of the Misraq Gojjam Zone, Debay Telatgen is bordered on the extreme south by Dejen, on the further southwest by Awabel, on the closer southwest by Guzamn, on the west by Machakel, on the northwest by Bibugn, on the north by Hulet Ej Enese, on the northeast by Enarj Enawga, and on the east by Enemay. Misraq Gojjam (or "East Gojjam" is a Zone in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Dejen is one of the 105 Woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Awabel is one of the 105 Woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Guzamn is one of the 105 Woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Machakel is one of the 105 Woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Bibugn is one of the 105 Woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Hulet Ej Enese is one of the 105 Woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Enarj Enawga is one of the 105 Woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Enemay is one of the 105 Woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. The major town in Debay Telatgen is Kuyi.
Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 135,241, of whom 67,565 were males and 67,676 were females; 3,719 or 2. The Central Statistical Agency ( CSA; Amh: የማዕከላዊ ስታቲስቲክስ ኤጀንሲ is an agency of the government of Ethiopia designated 75% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 10. 7%. With an estimated area of 658. 15 square kilometers, Debay Telatgen has an estimated population density of 205. 5 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 166. 35. [1]
This woreda was selected as one of the areas for Agri-Service Ethiopia to develop an Integrated Rural Development Program in 1987. This Program assisted 10,000 heads of households with agricultural production and problems caused by overgrazing. [2]