Dulecha is one of the
Districts of Ethiopia
Districts of Ethiopia, also called woredas ( am, ወረዳ; ''woreda''), are the third level of the administrative divisions of Ethiopia – after ''zones'' and the '' regional states''.
These districts are further subdivided into a number of ...
, or ''woredas'', in the
Afar Region
The Afar Region (; aa, Qafar Rakaakayak; am, አፋር ክልል), formerly known as Region 2, is a regional state in northeastern Ethiopia and the homeland of the Afar people. Its capital is the planned city of Semera, which lies on the paved ...
of
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
. Part of the
Administrative Zone 3, Dulecha is bordered on the south by
Awash Fentale, on the west by the
Argobba special woreda, on the north by the
Administrative Zone 5, and on the east by the
Awash River
The Awash (sometimes spelled Awaash; Oromo: ''Awaash'', Amharic: አዋሽ, Afar: ''We'ayot'', Somali: ''Webiga Dir'') is a major river of Ethiopia. Its course is entirely contained within the boundaries of Ethiopia and empties into a chain of ...
which separates it from
Amibara. The largest settlement in Dulecha is Dulecha.
Elevations in this woreda range from 800 (along the Awash) to 1100 meters above sea level. The highest peak in Dulecha is the dormant volcano
Mount Dofen (1151 meters). , Dulecha has 239 kilometers of all-weather gravel road; about 41% of the total population has access to drinking water.
In August 2006 the Awash floods affected one village in Dulecha. Nearly all of the residents had previously left their homes for higher and safer grounds; current estimates put the displaced at 2,200. However, some 50-60 weak and elderly members of the community were reportedly surrounded by the flooding as they could not move out on their own.
Demographics
Based on the 2007 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 20,687, of whom 11,202 are men and 9,485 women; with an area of 1,476.85 square kilometers, Dulecha has a population density of 14.01. While 1,190 or 5.75% are urban inhabitants, a further 8,003 or 38.69% are pastoralists. A total of 3,823 households were counted in this woreda, which results in an average of 5.4 persons to a household, and 3,880 housing units. 93.87% of the population said they were
Muslim
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, 4.53% were
Protestant
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s, and 1.18% were
Orthodox Christians
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Orthodoxy within Christianity refers to acceptance of the doctrines defined by various creeds and ecumenical councils in Antiquity, but different Churc ...
Census 2007 Tables: Afar Region
, Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4.
Notes
Districts of Afar Region
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