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in 2005, Wereta has an estimated total population of 26,317, of whom 13,044 were males and 13,273 were females. Previously, the 1994 census reported the town had a total population of 15,181 of whom 6,863 were males and 8,313 were females.
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was designed by National Consultants (chief architect Assefa Bekele), with a proposed budget of 60 million
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IPMS Information Resources Portal - Ethiopia (January 2005), p. 8 (accessed 10 March 2009)
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In 1967, telephone service reached Wereta, and in 1978, the town received electricity.
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with an elevation of 1828 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of
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Wereta has two elementary schools, one high school, as well as vocational schools.
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Historical Geography of Ethiopia from the first century AD to 1704
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The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 20 December 2007)
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trade route of the 1840s, located immediately south of the
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Two trans-African automobile routes pass through Wereta:
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Wereta was included as one of the stages of the Gondar-
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Woreta is located in Ethiopia
11°55′N 37°42′E / 11.917°N 37.700°E / 11.917; 37.700
Ethiopia
Amhara
Debub Gondar
Time zone
UTC+3
EAT
Ethiopia
Debub Gondar Zone
Amhara Region
Lake Tana
Addis Zemen
11°55′N 37°42′E / 11.917°N 37.700°E / 11.917; 37.700
Fogera
woreda
Tekle Giyorgis
Ras
Hailu Eshte
Gondar
Boso
Reb River
Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie
Wereta College of Agriculture
Birr
Bahir Dar
Central Statistical Agency
Cairo-Cape Town Highway
Ndjamena-Djibouti Highway

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