Durame is a town in southeastern
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 ...
. The administrative center of 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 peopl ...
of the
(SNNPR), this town has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 2101 meters above sea level. It is surrounded by
Damboya woreda. Materials on the Nordic Africa Institute website, describe Durame as the main town for the
Kambaata-speaking people. .
["Local History in Ethiopia"]
(pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 18 December 2007)
According to the SNNPR's Bureau of Finance and Economic Development, Durame's amenities include digital telephone access, postal service, 24-hour electrical service, two bank branches (Global bank and Commercial Bank of Ethiopia), and a hospital.
Following the
Italian invasion, on 8 May 1936 a civil war erupted between the local population and the remaining
Amhara, forcing local missionaries to evacuate the area.
[ In 1962 a road linking Durame with ]Hosaena
Hosaena (also spelled Hossana) is a town and separate woreda in southern Ethiopia, and the administrative center of the Hadiya Zone. Located in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region (SNNPR), Hosaena has a latitude and longitu ...
was constructed; bridges over the Markos and Dembe rivers were built in 1968.
Demographics
Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the CSA, this woreda has a total population of 24,472 of whom 12,173 are men and 12,299 women. The majority of the inhabitants were Protestants
Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century against what its followers perceived to b ...
, with 86.51% of the population reporting that belief, 7.39% 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 ...
, and 4.93% were Catholic
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.
Census 2007 Tables: Southern Peoples, Nations and Nationalities Region
, Tables 2.1, and 3.4.
The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 7,092 of whom 3,577 were men and 3,515 were women. It is the larger of two towns in
Kedida Gamela
Kedida Gamela is a woreda in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Kembata Tembaro Zone (KT), Kedida Gamela is bordered on the east and south by an exclave of the Hadiya Zone, on the west by Kacha Bir ...
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 ...
.
Notes
Populated places in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region
Ethiopia
Cities and towns in Ethiopia
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