Semien Mi'irabawi Zone

Northwestern Tigray Semien Mi'irabawi
Zone
NorthwesternTigray location in Ethiopia NorthwesternTigray location in Ethiopia
Country	Ethiopia
Region	Tigray Region
Largest city	Endasilasie
Area
• Total	18,325.11 km2 (7,075.36 sq mi)
Population (2012 est.)
• Total	835,853
• Density	46/km2 (120/sq mi)

Semien Mi'irabawi (or "North Western") is one of Zones in the Ethiopian Tigray Region. Semien Mi'irabawi is bordered on the east by the Mehakelegnaw (Central) Zone, the south by the Amhara Region, the west by the Mi'irabawi (Western) Zone and on the north by Eritrea. Major towns and cities in this zone include Inda Selassie, Shiraro, Inda Abaguna, Selekleka, Adidaro, Maytsebri. Semien Mi'irabawi was separated from the Mi'irabawi Zone.

Demographics

Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this Zone has a total population of 736,805, of whom 368,254 are men and 368,551 women; 107,999 or 14.66% are urban inhabitants. Two largest ethnic groups reported in Semien Mi'irabawi were the Tigray (96.81%), and Amhara (1.58%); all other ethnic groups made up 1.61% of the population. Tigrinya is spoken as a first language by 95.6, and Amharic by 2.8%; the remaining 1.6% spoke all other primary languages reported. 96.76% of the population said they were Orthodox Christians, and 3.04% were Muslim.