Kori is one of the

Districts of Ethiopia 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 ...

, or ''woreda'', in the

Afar Region The Afar Region (; aa, Qafar Rakaakayak; am, አፋር ክልል), formerly known as Region 2, is a regional state in northeastern Ethiopia and the homeland of the Afar people. Its capital is the planned city of Semera, which lies on the paved ...

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 Administrative Zone 1, Kori is bordered on the south by

Dubti Dubti is a town in north-east Ethiopia. Located in Awsi Rasu, Afar Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 378 meters above sea level. A UN-EUE mission, accompanied by two non-government organizations, surveying co ...

, on the west the Administrative Zone 4, on the north by the Administrative Zone 2, on the east by

Elidar Elidar is a town in north-eastern Ethiopia. Located in Administrative Zone 1 of the Afar Region, in the angle formed by the border with Djibouti to the south, and Eritrea to the northeast. It has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation ...

. The administrative center is Ayrorta. Kori was created by a decision of the Afar Regional Cabinet on 4 February 2007, from the northern part of

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 growth ...

of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 30,652, of whom 16,821 are men and 13,831 women; with an area of 2,869.56 square kilometers, Kori has a population density of 10.68. While 0 or 0.00% are urban inhabitants, a further 16,951 or 55.30% are pastoralists. A total of 5,024 households were counted in this woreda, which results in an average of 6.1 persons to a household, and 5,245 housing units. 99.8% of the population said they were

Muslim Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...

.Census 2007 Tables: Afar Region
, Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4.

Notes

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