Horo Guduru Welega ( om, Walllaga Horroo Guduruu) is a

zone Zone or The Zone may refer to: Places Climate and altitude zones * Death zone (originally the lethal zone), altitudes above a certain point where the amount of oxygen is insufficient to sustain human life for an extended time span * Frigid zone, ...

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 ...

. It is named after the former province of

Welega Welega (also spelled Wollega; ; am, ወለጋ) was a Provinces of Ethiopia, province in western Ethiopia, with its capital city at Nekemte. It was named for the Wollega Oromo, who are the majority of the population within its boundaries. Weleg ...

, whose eastern part lay in the area Horo Guduru Welega now occupies. Horo Guduru Welega was formed of woredas which included to

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 ...

. The seat of the zonal administration cabinet is in

Shambu Shaamboo is a town and separate woreda in western Ethiopia. Located in the Horo Guduru Welega Zone of Oromia Region west of Lake Fincha'a, this town has an elevation of 2,503 metres above sea level. It was previously the administrative cent ...

town. Shambu is a seat for Horro Woreda and Shambu town woreda in addition to the zonal service. In this zone, there are various community associations that are working on supporting elderly, children and youths who are suffering financially as well as lacking family support. One of such association i
Oda Buluq Integrated Development Association (OBIDA)
which has been registered in Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

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 growt ...

of Ethiopia (CSA), this zone has a total population of 570,040, of whom 285,515 are men and 284,525 women. 64,739 or 11.36% of the population are urban inhabitants. A total of 117,241 households were counted in this zone, which results in an average of 4.86 persons to a household and 112,403 housing units. The two largest ethnic groups reported in Horo Gudru Welega were the Oromo (86.12%) and the Amhara (13.34%); all other ethnic groups made up 0.54% of the population. Oromo was spoken as a first language by 85.87% and 13.59% spoke Amharic; the remaining 0.46% spoke all other primary languages reported. The majority of the inhabitants were Protestants, with 42.99% of the population having reported they practiced that belief, while 38.47% of the population professed

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 ...

, 8.91% observed Waaqeffataa raditional beliefsand 8.61% of the population were Muslim.Census 2007 Tables: Oromia Region
, Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4.

References

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External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20130615045842/http://www.oromiyaa.com/english/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=121&Itemid=380 Oromia Region Zones of Ethiopia Amuru (woreda)