Hawa Gelan is one of the
woredas in the
Oromia Region of
Ethiopia. Part of the
Kelem Welega Zone, Hawa Gelan is bordered on the south and southwest by
Sayo, on the north by
Yemalogi Welele Yemalogi Welele is one of the woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Kelem Welega Zone, Yemalogi Welele is bordered on the south by Hawa Gelan and Sayo, on the west by Anfilo and Gidami, on the northwest by Jimma Horo, on the ...
, on the northeast by
Dale Wabera, and on the south and southeast by the
Illubabor Zone. The administrative center of this woreda is
Gaba Robi. Hawa Gelan was separated from former
Hawa Welele woreda.
Demographics
The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 95,976, of whom 49,312 were men and 46,664 were women; 5,562 or 5.8% of its population were urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants observed
Islam
Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...
, with 45.43% reporting that as their religion, while 32.42% observed
Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, 20.48% 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 ...
, and 1.31% were
Catholic.
''2007 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region'', Vol. 1
, Tables 2.1, 2.5, 3.4 (accessed 13 January 2012)
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Districts of Oromia Region