Kindo Koysha 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 ...

in the

Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region The Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (often abbreviated as SNNPR; am, የደቡብ ብሔር ብሔረሰቦችና ሕዝቦች ክልል, Yädäbub Bḥer Bḥeräsäbočna Hzboč Kllə) is a regional state in southwestern ...

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

Wolayita Zone Wolayita or Wolaita is an administrative zone in Ethiopia. It is named for the Welayta people, whose homeland is in the zone. Wolayita is bordered on the south by Gamo Gofa, on the west by the Omo River which separates it from Dawro, on the n ...

, Kindo Koysha is bordered on the south by Offa, on the southwest by Kindo Didaye, on the west by the

Dawro Zone Dawro (or Dawuro) is a zone in the South West Region of Ethiopia. It is located at about 500km southwest of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia and 319 km of Hawassa, the capital of the SNNPR. Dawuro is bordered on the south by Gamo Gofa Zone, ...

, on the north by

Boloso Bombe Boloso Bombe is one of the woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia part of the Wolayita Zone. Boloso Bombe is bordered on the south by Kindo Koysha, on the west by the Dawro Zone, on the north by the Kembata ...

, on the west by

Damot Sore Damot Sore is a woreda in Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia. Part of the Wolayita Zone Damot Sore is bordered on the southeast by Sodo Zuria, on the west by Kindo Koysha, on the northwest by Boloso Bombe, and on the ...

, and on the southeast by

Sodo Zuria Sodo Zuria ( Amharic "Greater Sodo Area") is one of the woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Wolayita Zone, Sodo Zuria is bordered on the southwest by Offa, on the west by Kindo Koysha, on t ...

. The administrative center of Kindo Koysha is Bele Town. Kindo Didaye woreda was separated from Kindo Koysha. According to a 2004 report, Kindo Koysha had 86 kilometers of all-weather roads and 39 kilometers of dry-weather roads, for an average road density of 161 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers.

Demographics

Based on the 2019 population projection conducted by the CSA, this woreda has a total population of 136,412, of whom 66,546 are men and 69,866 women; 6,590 or 6.3% of its population are urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants were Protestants, with 79.82% of the population reporting that belief, 16.73% 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 ...

, 1.52% were

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, and 1.18% observed traditional religions. The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 140,687 of whom 69,980 were men and 70,707 were women; 3,606 or 2.56% of its population were urban dwellers. The largest ethnic group reported in Damot Weyde was the Welayta (99.46%); all other ethnic groups made up 0.54% of the population. Welayta was the dominant first language, spoken by 99.66% of the inhabitants; the remaining 0.34% spoke all other primary languages reported. Concerning religious beliefs, the 1994 census reported that 39.74% of the population said they were Protestants, 32.49% practiced

, 13.83% observed traditional religions, 12.86% were Muslim, and 1.08% were

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.''1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region'', Vol. 1, part 1
, Tables 2.1, 2.12, 2.15, 2.19 (accessed 30 December 2008)

Notes

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