Bullen is one of the 20 Districts of Ethiopia, or ''woredas'', in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia. It is named after its highest point,

Mount Bullen Mount Bullen is a mountain summit located at the western edge of the North Cascades, in Snohomish County of Washington state. It is situated east of the community of Arlington, Washington, in the Boulder River Wilderness, on land managed ...

. Part of the

Metekel Zone Metekel Zone is located in Benshangul-Gumuz of Ethiopia. It is bordered on the south and southwest by Kamashi, on the west by Sudan, and on the north and east by the Amhara region. The Abay River defines the Zone's boundaries with Kamashi, wh ...

, Bullen is bordered by Dangur in the north, Mandura in the northeast,

Dibate Dibate is a town in western Ethiopia, named after a Dibate people, local tribe. Located in the Metekel Zone of Benishangul-Gumuz, Dibate has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 1438 meters above sea level. Based on figures from t ...

in the east, the Abay River on the south (which separates it from the Kamashi Zone), and by Wenbera in the west. Its largest settlement is Bullen.

Demographics

The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 45,523, of whom 23,386 were men and 22,137 were women; 6,531 or 14.35% of its population were urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants said they practised Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 67.37% of the population reporting they observed this belief, while 10.16% of the population were Protestant, 12.68% practiced traditional beliefs, and 9.68% were Moslem. Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 29,288, of whom 14,654 are men and 14,634 are women; 5,615 or 19.2% of the population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 10.7%. With an estimated area of 2,857.97 square kilometers, Bulen has a population density of 10.2 people per square kilometer which is greater than the Zone average of 8.57. The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 21,111 in 4,295 households, of whom 10,624 were men and 10,487 were women; 3,264 or 15.46% of its population were urban dwellers. The five largest ethnic groups reported in Bulen were the Shinasha (48%), the Gumuz (33.5%), the Amhara (9.8%), the Oromo (8%), and the Awi (0.5%) a subgroup of the

Agaw The Agaw or Agew ( gez, አገው ''Agäw'', modern ''Agew'') are a pan-ethnic identity native to the northern highlands of Ethiopia and neighboring Eritrea. They speak the Agaw languages, which belong to the Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic la ...

; all other ethnic groups made up 0.2% of the population. Bori-nono is spoken as a first language by 45% of the inhabitants, 33.4% speak Gis-Gumuza, 11%

Oromiffa Oromo ( or ; Oromo: ''Afaan Oromoo''), in the linguistic literature of the early 20th century also called Galla (a name with a pejorative meaning and therefore rejected by the Oromo people), is an Afroasiatic language that belongs to the Cushiti ...

, and 10% speak

Amharic Amharic ( or ; (Amharic: ), ', ) is an Ethiopian Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amharas, and also serves as a lingua franca for all oth ...

; the remaining 0.6% spoke all other primary languages reported. The majority of the inhabitants said they practiced Christianity Muslim Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...

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