Menge 5671586 218417088 2008-06-10T15:38:47Z Blofeld of SPECTRE 1616157 {{Infobox Settlement {{Infobox Settlement |official_name = Menge |other_name = |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |settlement_type = |motto = |image_skyline = |imagesize = 300px |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |city_logo = |citylogo_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = Ethiopia |pushpin_label_position = right<!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> |pushpin_map_caption = Location within Ethiopia |pushpin_mapsize = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[Ethiopia]] |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = [[Benishangul-Gumuz Region|Benishangul-Gumuz ]] |subdivision_type2 = Zone |subdivision_name2 = [[Asosa Zone]] |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = |established_date = |established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> |established_date2 = |established_title3 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> |established_date3 = |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = <!-- ALL fields dealing with a measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> |area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |population_as_of = 2005 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 318 |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title = |population_blank1 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = |timezone = [[East Africa Time|EAT]] |utc_offset = +3 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |latd=10 |latm=23|latNS=N |longd=34 |longm=46 |longEW=E |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m = 1123 |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''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 == <references/> [[Category:Cities, towns and villages in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region]] {{BenishangulGumuz-geo-stub}}