page_title: Chencha
section_title: Notes
hierarchical_section_title: Chencha / Notes
caption_attribution_description: English: Chencha market, Ethiopia Français&#160;: Marché de Chencha en Éthiopie
context_page_description: Chencha is a town in southern Ethiopia. Located in the Gamo Gofa Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region, 37 kilometers north of Arba Minch, Chencha has a longitude and latitude of 6°15′N 37°34′E and an elevation of 2732 meters above sea level.
  Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia published in 2005, Chencha has an estimated total population of 10,488 consisting of 4,750 men and 5,738 women. The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 5,787 of whom 2,630 were males and 3,157 were females. It is one of three towns in Chencha woreda.
context_section_description: CSA 2005 National Statistics Archived November 23, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, Table B.4.
  "Local History in Ethiopia" (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 26 November 2007)
caption: Market day in Chencha
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