Dawa Chaffa is a district located in the

Oromia Zone The Oromia Zone ( om, Godina Oromiyaa; Amharic: ኦሮሚያ ዞን) is a zone in Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Oromia is named for the Oromo people, who settled along the edge of the Ethiopian Highlands that form this Zone. Oromia Zone is bordered ...

of the Amhara region of Ethiopia. Dawa Chaffa () is bordered on the south by

Artuma Fursi Artuma Fursi is a district located in the Oromia Zone of the Amhara region of Ethiopia. Artuma Fursi () is bordered on the south by Jilee Dhummuugaa, on the west by the Semien Shewa Zone, on the northwest by Dawa Chaffa, on the north by Dawa Ha ...

, on the southwest by the Semien Shewa Zone, on the northwest by the

Debub Wollo Zone South Wollo (Amharic: ደቡብ ወሎ) is a zone in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. It acquired its name from the former province of Wollo. South Wollo is bordered on the south by North Shewa and the Oromia Region, on the west by East Gojjam, ...

, on the northeast by the Argobba special woreda, and on the east by

Dawa Harewa Dawa Harewa is a district located in the Oromia Zone of the Amhara region of Ethiopia. Dawa Harewa () is bordered on the south by Artuma Fursi, on the west by Dawa Chaffa, on the northwest by the Argobba special woreda, on the northeast by Baati, ...

. Towns in Dawa Cheffa include Welede. Dawa Chaffa was part of former

Chaffa Gola Dewerahmedo Chaffa Gola Dewerahmedo ("Chaffa Gola and Dewerahmedo") was a woreda in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Oromia Zone, Chaffa Gola Dewerahmedo was bordered on the south by Artuma Fursi Jilee, on the southwest by the Semien Shewa Zone, ...

woreda. The town of

Kamisee Kemise (; ) is a town and administrative seat of the Oromia Zone in the Amhara Region, Ethiopia. Kemise is northeast of the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa and has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 1424 meters above sea level. I ...

is surrounded by Dawa Chaffa.

Demographics

Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the

Central Statistical Agency The Central Statistical Agency (CSA; Amharic: ማዕከላዊ ስታቲስቲክስ ኤጀንሲ) is an agency of the government of Ethiopia designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that country used to monitor economic and social growth ...

of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 133,388, of whom 66,746 are men and 66,642 women; 2,876 or 2.16% are urban inhabitants. The majority of the inhabitants were

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 ...

, with 98.73% reporting that as their religion, while 1.1% of the population said they practiced

Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ( am, የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን, ''Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan'') is the largest of the Oriental Orthodox Churches. One of the few Chris ...

.Census 2007 Tables: Amhara Region
, Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4.

Notes

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