Lalo Asabi
Lalo Asabiis one of the 180districtsin theOromiaofEthiopia.Part of theWest Welega Zone,Lalo Asabi is bordered on the south byYubdo,on the west byAyra Guliso,on the north byBoji,on the east by theBenishangul-Gumuz Region,and on the southeast byGimbi.The administrative center of this woreda isInango;other towns in Lalo Asabi includeDongoro.
Overview
[edit]A survey of the land in Lalo Asabi shows that 80.39% is cultivated or arable, 5.26% pasture, 9.08% forest, and 5.26% infrastructure or other uses.[1]Coffeeis an important cash crop of this woreda. Over 50 square kilometers are planted with this crop.[2]
There are 22 primary schools, and 2 secondary education schools in this woreda.Health servicesare provided by two clinics, and eight health posts; most of these facilities are located in urban areas.[3]
Demographics
[edit]At the 2007 national census, this woreda's population was 75,584 in 15,164 households, of whom 37,086 were men and 38,498 women; 10,370 or 13.71% of its population were urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants (85.83%) observedProtestantism,while 12.79% observedEthiopian Orthodox Christianity,and 1.08% wereMuslim.[4]
Based on figures published by theCentral Statistical Agencyin 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 82,987, of whom 42,845 are men and 40,142 are women; 10,090 or 12.16% of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 10.9%. With an estimated area of 376.57 square kilometers, Lalo Asabi has an estimated population density of 220.4 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 91.7.[5]
The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 58,695 in 9,526 households, of whom 28,473 were men and 30,222 were women; 5,647 or 9.62% of its population were urban dwellers. The two largest ethnic groups reported in Lalo Asabi were theOromo(98.39%), and theAmhara(1.27%); all other ethnic groups made up 0.34% of the population.Oromiffawas spoken as a first language by 98.64%, and 1.09% spokeAmharic;the remaining 0.27% spoke all other primary languages reported. The majority of the inhabitants wereProtestant,with 64.51% reporting that as their religion, while 32.84% practicedEthiopian Orthodox Christianity,and 1.28%Muslim.[6]
Notes
[edit]- ^Span Consultants Ltd,et al."Mekenajo - Dembidolo Road Upgrading Project, Revised Final EIA Report",World Bank website (March 2009), p. 28
- ^"Coffee Production"Archived2016-08-15 at theWayback MachineOromia Coffee Cooperative Union website
- ^"Mekenajo - Dembidolo Road Upgrading Project", pp. 30f
- ^2007 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region,Vol. 1Archived2011-11-13 at theWayback Machine,Tables 2.1, 2.5, 3.4 (accessed 13 January 2012)
- ^CSA 2005 National StatisticsArchived2008-07-31 at theWayback Machine,Tables B.3 and B.4
- ^1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region,Vol. 1, part 1Archived2009-11-15 at theWayback Machine,Tables 2.1, 2.12, 2.16, 2.20, Annex II.2 (accessed 9 April 2009)
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