Chilga

Chilga ጭልጋ
Woreda
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Zone	Maekelawi Gondar
Region	Amhara
Area [2]
• Total	3,071.65 km2 (1,185.97 sq mi)
Population  (2012 est.)
• Total	241,627[1]

Chilga (Amharic: ጭልጋ č̣ilgā) also Chelga, Ch'ilga is a woreda in Amhara Region, Ethiopia. It is named after its chief town Chilga (also known as Ayikel), an important stopping point on the historic Gondar-Sudan trade route. Part of the Maekelawi Gondar Zone, Chilga is bordered on the south by Takusa, on the west by Metemma, on the north by Tach Armachiho, on the northeast by Lay Armachiho, and on the east by Dembiya. Other towns in Chilga include Seraba and Wohni.