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Guba Lafto, as well as the other seven rural woredas of this Zone, has been grouped amongst the 48 woredas identified as the most drought prone and food insecure in the Amhara Region. To combat increasing droughts and improve crop yields, two irrigation projects have been undertaken in this woreda by
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Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 139,825, an increase of 0.48% over the 1994 census, of whom 70,750 are men and 69,075 women; 4,886 or 3.49% are urban inhabitants. With an area of 900.49 square kilometers, Guba Lafto has a population density of 155.28, which is greater than
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Guba Lafto has a mountainous landscape, with its ranging from 1300 to 3900 meters above sea level. Soil erosion is marked by ever-expanding gullies. Increasing population has led to shrinking farm and grazing areas. Declining soil fertility, increased incidence of crop pests and weeds, along with
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The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 139,151 in 34,716 households, of whom 69,975 were men and 69,176 were women; none of its population were reported to be urban dwellers. The largest ethnic group reported in Guba Lafto was the
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the Zone average of 123.25 persons per square kilometer. A total of 33,676 households were counted in this woreda, resulting in an average of 4.15 persons to a household, and 32,824 housing units. The majority of the inhabitants practiced
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cultural attitudes have made Guba Lafto as one of the food insecure woredas of the Amhara Region. To help combat this, the AMAREW project helped inhabitants of
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wire boxes. Produced at a third of the cost they can be purchased at
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995:South Gondar Zone
834:Menz Keya Gebreal
824:Minjarna Shenkora
794:Debre Birhan Town
774:Antsokiyana Gemza
638:North Gondar Zone
603:Goncha Siso Enese
573:Debre Markos Town
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264:Geohive: Ethiopia
194:micro-enterprises
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1063:South Wollo Zone
1003:Debre Tabor Town
980:Jilee Dhummuugaa
884:North Wollo Zone
869:Siyadebrina Wayu
756:North Shewa Zone
588:Enbise Sar Midir
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1257:Jabi Tehnan
1209:Soqota Town
1086:Dessie Town
1053:Tach Gayint
1043:Misraq Este
985:Kemise Town
975:Dawa Harewa
970:Dawa Chaffa
952:Oromia Zone
854:Mida Woremo
681:Gondar Town
568:Debre Elias
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310:Svein Ege,
202:Debre Tabor
1242:Dega Damot
1146:Tehuledere
1081:Debre Sina
1038:Mirab Este
1028:Lay Gayint
912:Guba Lafto
646:Addi Arkay
553:Baso Liben
233:(99.92%).
106:Guba Lafto
89:Population
23:Guba Lafto
1308:Bahir Dar
1161:Were Babu
849:Merhabete
691:Jan Amora
1339:Category
1287:Wemberma
1252:Dembecha
1194:Gazbibla
1184:Abergele
1166:Were Ilu
1121:Legahida
1076:Amba Sel
874:Termaber
618:Machakel
365:Archived
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315:Archived
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172:Overview
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1214:Zikuala
1131:Mekdela
1126:Legambo
1116:Kutaber
902:Delanta
789:Berehet
779:Asagirt
769:Ankober
741:Tselemt
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676:Dembiya
608:Gozamin
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190:kebeles
162:Weldiya
134:Delanta
116:in the
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110:Amharic
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1267:Kuarit
1204:Soqota
1199:Sehala
1189:Dehana
1141:Sayint
1106:Kelela
1048:Simada
1023:Fogera
1013:Ebenat
897:Dawunt
804:Ensaro
746:Wegera
736:Tegeda
731:Takusa
671:Debarq
661:Chilga
656:Beyeda
598:Goncha
593:Enemay
558:Bibugn
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917:Habru
907:Gidan
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1008:Dera
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