Duna is one of the
woreda
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 ...
s in the
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
Hadiya Zone
Hadiya (also transliterated Hadiyya) is a zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. This zone is named after the Hadiya of the Hadiya Kingdom, whose homeland covers part of the administrative division. Hadiya ...
, Duna is bordered on the east and south by the
Kembata Tembaro Zone
Kembata Tembaro is a zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. It was formerly known as ''Kembata, Alaba and Tembaro'', until Alaba became a special woreda in 2002. This zone is named after the Kambaata peo ...
, on the northwest by
Soro, and on the northeast by
Limo. Duna was part of Soro woreda. It consists of 32 rural kebeles. also the woreda found at a distance of 42 km south west from zonal administration headquarter Hossana.
Demographics
Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the CSA, this woreda has a total population of 122,087, of whom 60,866 are men and 61,221 women; 5,778 or 4.73% of its population are urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants were
Protestants, with 84.92% of the population reporting that belief, 8.32% were
Catholic
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...
, and 5.41% 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 Chri ...
.
Geographic location
Duna woreda has geographic coordinates of 7°20'07'' N and 37°39'09.42'' E at the woreda administration town and a maximum elevation of 2957 m at Sengiye mountain peak, with 2245 meters above sea level at Awonda plane in Sanna river outlet from the woreda.
[ Google Earth, with 29/10/2014 landsat satellite imagery. Edited by E.F - AMU as tentative info.]
References
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Districts of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region