Gimbi is a

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 ...

Oromia Region Oromia (Amharic: ) ( om, Oromiyaa) is a regional state in Ethiopia and the homeland of the Oromo people. The capital of Oromia is Addis Ababa. It is bordered by the Somali Region to the east; the Amhara Region, the Afar Region and the Benis ...

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

West Welega Zone West Welega Zone ( om, Wallagga Lixaa) is a zone in the western part of Oromia Region, Ethiopia. This zone is named after the former province of Welega, whose western part lay in the area West Welega now occupies. West Wellega is bordered on the ...

, Gimbi woreda is bordered on the south by Haru, on the southwest by Yubdo, on the west by Lalo Asabi, on the north by the

Benishangul-Gumuz Region Benishangul-Gumuz ( am, ቤንሻንጉል ጉሙዝ, Benšangul Gumuz) is a regional state in northwestern Ethiopia to the border of Sudan. It was previously known as Region 6. The region's capital is Assosa. Following the adoption of the 1 ...

, on the east by the

East Welega Zone East Welega ( om, Wallagga Bahaa) is one of the zones in the central Oromia Region of Ethiopia. This administrative division acquired its name from the former province of Welega. Towns and cities in this zone include Nekemte. East Welega is bound ...

, and on the southeast by an exclave of the

. The administrative center for this woreda is

Gimbi Gimbi is a town in western Oromia Region, Ethiopia. Located in the West Welega Zone, it has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation between 1845 and 1930 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Gimbi woreda. Gimbi has ...

. Homa woreda was part of Gimbi woreda.

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is an important cash crop of this woreda. Over 5,000 hectares are planted with this crop.

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and

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deposits are known to be located in the neighborhood of Bikilal, a village 18 to 20 kilometers north of Gimbi, but have not yet been commercially developed.

Demographics

The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 74,623 in 14,925 households, of whom 36,708 were men and 37,915 were women; none of its population were urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants observed

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, with 65.37% reporting that as their religion, while 28.76% observed

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 ...

, and 4.12% were Muslim. Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 147,701, of whom 75,078 are men and 72,623 are women; 40,162 or 27.19% of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 10.9%. With an estimated area of 1,183.44 square kilometers, Gimbi has an estimated population density of 124.8 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 91.7. The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 100,705 in 14,532 households, of whom 49,312 were men and 51,393 were women; 22,448 or 22.29% of its population were urban dwellers. The two largest ethnic groups reported in Gimbi were the Oromo (95.3%) and the Amhara (2.49%); all other ethnic groups made up 2.21% of the population. Afaan Oromoo, also known as Oromiffa, is spoken as a first language by 97.35%, and 2.08% speak Amharic; the remaining 0.57% speak all other primary languages reported. The majority of the inhabitants observed

, with 51.83% reporting that as their religion, while 40.18% were

Protestant 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 ...

, 4.79% were Muslim, and 1.76%

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.''1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region'', Vol. 1, part 1
, Tables 2.1, 2.12, 2.16, 2.20, Annex II.2 (accessed 9 April 2009)

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