Oromia zone

Oromia is an administrative zone within the Amhara region in Ethiopia , which is mostly inhabited by Oromo .

Along with Agaw Awi and Wag Hamra , it is one of three Special Zones in Amhara that are mostly inhabited by non- Amharic ethnic minorities and have special rights of self-government. The zone lies on the eastern edge of the Ethiopian highlands , the main town is Kemise .

Oromia was founded in 1994, according to some statements under pressure from the separatist Oromo Liberation Front , which had agitated for Oromo autonomy in the Amhara region in 1991 and 1992. The zone was formed from four woredas (Bati, Dewe, Esseya Gulla and Artuma) from the Debub Wollo zone (South Wollo ) and two woredas (Fursi, Sanbete) from the Semien Shewa zone (South Shewa ). The names and boundaries of woreda have changed several times since 1994. In 2007, at the time of the census, there were the woredas Bati, Dawa Chefa, Artuma Fursi, Jile Temuga and Dawa Harewa and Kemise City.

population

According to the 1994 census, of 462,951 inhabitants, 65.34% were Oromo, 31.79% Amharen and 2.29% Argobba . 65.08% spoke Oromo as their first language and 34.29% spoke Amharic. 98.01% were Muslim and 1.92% Ethiopian Orthodox . 8.52% lived in urban areas. In 2007 the population was 459,847 according to the census, of which 11% (51,709) lived in a total of six cities: Kemise (19,420 inhabitants), Bati (16,710 inhabitants / Bati Woreda), Chefa Robit (5,941 / Artuma Fursi Woreda), Sanbete (5,075 inhabitants / Jile Timuga Woreda), Welede (2,876 inhabitants / Dawa Chefa Woreda) and Bora (1,706 inhabitants / Daga Harewa Woreda).

Social situation

5% have access to electricity , according to a 2004 World Bank report. 25% of children go to primary school and 3% to secondary school. A rural household has an average of 0.6 hectares of land, 10.9% of the population work outside of agriculture. There is a risk of malaria throughout the zone . The report cites the topography and the lack of roads, irregular rainfall, poor agricultural productivity, lack of non-agricultural livelihoods, land scarcity and soil erosion as problems for Oromia and the entire eastern fringes of the highlands.

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↑ ^a ^b Sarah Vaughan: Ethnicity and Power in Ethiopia (PDF; 1.6 MB), doctoral thesis, University of Edinburgh 2003 (p. 239f.)
^ UNDP Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia Report, September 1994: Field Trip to North Shewa, Oromo and South Welo Zones of Region 3 (Amhara)
↑ ^a ^b CSA: Summary and Statistical Report of the 2007 Population and Housing Census Results ( Memento of March 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 4.7 MB), (p. 64)
↑ Central Statistics Agency (Ethiopia) 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Amhara Region, Vol. 1, part 1 (PDF; 82.0 MB), Tables 2.1, 2.11, 2.14, 2.17 (accessed on April 6, 2009)
↑ World Bank: Four Ethiopias: Assessing Ethiopia's Growth Potential and Development Obstacles (PDF; 2.5 MB), 2004 (pp. 11–16)

[VAUGHAN-1] Sarah Vaughan: Ethnicity and Power in Ethiopia (PDF; 1.6 MB), doctoral thesis, University of Edinburgh 2003 (p. 239f.)

[2] UNDP Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia Report, September 1994: Field Trip to North Shewa, Oromo and South Welo Zones of Region 3 (Amhara)

[:0-3] CSA: Summary and Statistical Report of the 2007 Population and Housing Census Results ( Memento of March 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 4.7 MB), (p. 64)

[4] Central Statistics Agency (Ethiopia) 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Amhara Region, Vol. 1, part 1 (PDF; 82.0 MB), Tables 2.1, 2.11, 2.14, 2.17 (accessed on April 6, 2009)

[5] World Bank: Four Ethiopias: Assessing Ethiopia's Growth Potential and Development Obstacles (PDF; 2.5 MB), 2004 (pp. 11–16)