Horo Guduru Welega Zone
Horo Guduru Welega (
Oromia Region of Ethiopia. It is named after the former province of Welega, whose eastern part lay in the area Horo Guduru Welega now occupies. Horo Guduru Welega was formed of woredas, including East Welega Zone
.
The seat of the zonal administration cabinet is in Shambu town. Shambu is a seat for Horro Woreda and Shambu town woreda in addition to the zonal service.
In this zone, various community associations are working on supporting elderly, children, and youths suffering financially and lacking family support. One such association is Oda Buluq Integrated Development Association (OBIDA), registered in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Demographics
Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the
Central Statistical Agency
of Ethiopia (CSA), this zone has a total population of 570,040, of whom 285,515 are men and 284,525 are women. 64,739, or 11.36% of the population, are urban inhabitants. A total of 117,241 households were counted in this zone, which resulted in an average of 4.86 persons to a household and 112,403 housing units.
The two largest ethnic groups reported in Horo Gudru Welega were the
Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, 8.91% observed Waaqeffataa [traditional beliefs] and 8.61% of the population were Muslim.[1]
References
- ^ Census 2007 Tables: Oromia Region Archived 2011-11-13 at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4.
