Minjarna Shenkora (Amharic: ምንጃርና ሸንኮራ, lit.

'Minjar and Shenkora'), also Menjarna Shenkora is a

woreda in Amhara Region, Ethiopia. It is named in part after the historic Shewan district of Minjar, which
was the southernmost district of Shewa and near the location of the modern woreda.[3] Located at the
southern end of the Semien Shewa Zone, Minjarna Shenkora is bordered on the east, south and west by
the Oromia Region, on the northwest by Hagere Mariamna Kesem, and on the northeast by Berehet; the
Germama (or Kesem) river forms the boundary between this woreda and Hagere Mariamna Kesem and
Berehet. The administrative center of this woreda is Arerti; other towns in the woreda include Balchi
and Eranbuti.

Minjarna Shenkora

ምንጃርና ሸንኮራ

Woreda

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Zone

Semien Shewa

Region

Amhara

Area[1]

• Total

1,509.93 km2 (582.99 sq mi)

Population (2012 est.)

• Total

140,639[2]

This woreda is served by the Addis Ababa - Djibouti Railway with a station at Malka Jilo. It is the only
woreda in the Amhara Region with a train station.

Demographics

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Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this
woreda has a total population of 128,879, an increase of 29.65% over the 1994 census, of whom 66,918
are men and 61,961 women; 12,237 or 9.49% are urban inhabitants. With an area of 1,509.93 square
kilometers, Menjarna Shenkora has a population density of 85.35, which is less than the Zone average of
115.3 persons per square kilometer. A total of 29,359 households were counted in this woreda, resulting
in an average of 4.39 persons to a household, and 28,221 housing units. The majority of the inhabitants
practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 94% reporting that as their religion, while 5.73% of the
population said they were Muslim.[4]

The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 99,402 in 17,787 households, of
whom 51,537 were men and 47,865 were women; 8,378 or 8.43% of its population were urban
dwellers. The three largest ethnic groups reported in Menjarna Shenkora were the Amhara (93.78%),
the Oromo (3.11%), and the Argobba (2.65%); all other ethnic groups made up 0.46% of the population.
Amharic was spoken as a first language by 96.93%, and Oromiffa was spoken by 2.76%; the remaining
0.31% spoke all other primary languages reported. The majority of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian
Orthodox Christianity, with 94.74% reporting that as their religion, while 5.15% were Muslim.[5]