Degua Tembien is one of the 36 woredas in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Woreda (also spelled wereda) is an Administrative division of Ethiopia (managed by a local government equivalent to a District. For other uses please see Tigre (disambiguation Tigray Region (ትግራይ ክልል Tigrāy Kilil) is the northernmost of the nine 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 It is named in part after the former province of Tembien. Part of the Mehakelegnaw Zone, Degua Tembien is bordered on the south by the Debubawi (South) Zone, on the west by Abergele, on the north by Kola Tembien, and on the east by the Misraqawi (Eastern) Zone. Mehakelegnaw (or "The central " is a Zone in the Ethiopian Region of Tigray. Debubawi (or "Southern" is one of five Zones in the Ethiopian Region of Tigray. Abergele is one of the 36 Woredas in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Kola Tembien is one of the 36 Woredas in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Misraqawi (or "Eastern" is a Zone in the Ethiopian Region of Tigray. Towns in Degua Tembien include Hagera Selam.
Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 119,044, of whom 60,153 were males and 58,891 were females; 6,797 or 5. The Central Statistical Agency ( CSA; Amh: የማዕከላዊ ስታቲስቲክስ ኤጀንሲ is an agency of the government of Ethiopia designated 71% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 23. 9%. With an estimated area of 1,109. 72 square kilometers, Degua Tembien has an estimated population density of 107. 3 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 123. 96. [1]