Bale zone

The Bale Zone is an administrative zone in the region of Oromia in Ethiopia . It is geographically in the southern highlands . The inhabitants are mostly Oromo from the subgroup of the Arsi .

history

→ Main article : Bale (Ethiopia)

The zone is named after the Muslim state of Bale, which existed in the area until the 16th century, and the Ethiopian province of Bale, which existed from the end of the 19th century until 1991 and also comprised parts of lowland areas in what is now the Somali region .

The border areas to the Somali region are controversial. At the end of 2004, a referendum was held in the border areas to clarify who they belonged to. There were also conflicts between Bale and the Afder zone of Somali.

population

According to the Central Statistics Agency (CSA), the zone had 1,418,864 residents in 2007, of whom 12.39% lived in urban areas. For 2005, the CSA lists Goba , Robe , Dodola , Ginir , Adaba , Goro and Menna as the largest locations.

In 1994, of 1,217,864 inhabitants, 88.93% were Oromo , 7.65% Amhars , 1.39% Somali and 0.88% Sidama . 87.5% spoke Oromo as their mother tongue, 9.5% Amharic , 1.51% Somali and 0.88% Sidama .

structure

The zone is further subdivided into woredas . The CSA lists in its documents from 2007 the 20 woredas Agarfa, Berbere, Dawe Kachen, Dawe Serer, Dinsho, Dolo Mena, Gasera, Ginir, Gololcha, Goba, Goba-Stadt, Goro, Guradamole, Harena Buluk, Legehida, Meda Welabu, Rayitu, Robe City, Seweyna and Sinana. In 2005 she mentions only 17 of them: Adaba, Agarfa, Berbere, Dodola, Gaserana Gololcha, Ginir, Goba, Goro, Guradamole, Kokosa, Legehida, Meda Welabu, Mennana Harena Buluk, Nensebo, Raytu, Seweyna and Sinanana Dinsho.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Internal Displacement Monitoring Center: Somali-Oromo border referendum of December 2004 ( Memento of the original of April 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Central Statistics Agency (CSA): Summary and Statistical Report of the 2007 Population and Housing Census Results ( Memento of March 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 4.53 MB), p. 70
3. ↑ ^{a b} CSA: 2005 National Statistics, Section – B Population ( Memento of the original dated February 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Tables B.4 (PDF; 1.70 MB) 
4. ↑ CSA: The 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromiya Region, Volume I: Part I. Statistical Report on Population Size and Characteristics (PDF file; 105.35 MB), 1994 (pp. 181f., 256f. )