Menge
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'''Menge''' is a town in western [[Ethiopia]]. Located in the [[Asosa Zone]] of the [[Benishangul-Gumuz Region]], Menge has a latitude and longitude of {{coor dm |10|23|N|34|46|E}} with an elevation of 1123 meters above sea level.
Based on figures from the [[Central Statistical Agency (Ethiopia)|Central Statistical Agency]], in 2005 this town has an estimated total population of 318, of whom 176 were males and 142 were females.<ref>[http://www.statsethiopia.org/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics], Table B.3</ref> According to the 1994 national census, its total population was 185, of whom 102 were males and 83 were females. It is the largest settlement in [[Menge (woreda)|Menge]] [[woreda]].
Records at the Nordic Africa Institute website provide details of a primary school in Menge in 1968. In 1970, a group of three German travelers travelling down the [[Abay River]] describe Menge as a settlement with masonry houses, and record that it had a police station.<ref>[http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/m/ORTMEN.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"] (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 10 January 2008)</ref>
== Notes ==
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[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region]]
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