Nono is one of the woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. It is named after the

Nono Oromo Nono may refer to: Places * Nono, Argentina, a municipality in the Province of Córdoba * Nono, Ecuador, a parish in the municipality of Quito in the province of Pichincha * Nono, Illubabor, Oromia (woreda), Ethiopia, or Nono Sele ** Nono, Ill ...

, a subgroup of the

Macha Oromo The Machaa ( om, Maccaa in short ''Macha'', Amharic: ሜጫ) are a subgroup of the Oromo people in western and Central Oromia . They live south of the Blue Nile (Abbai) in the northwestern part of the region of Oromia and in parts of West Shewa Zon ...

, who live in this area. Part of the West Shewa Zone, Nono is bordered on the southwest by the Gibe River which separates it from the

Jimma Zone Jimma is a zone in Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Jimma is named after former Kingdom of Jimma, which was absorbed into the former province of Kaffa in 1932. Jimma is bordered on the south by the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region, t ...

, on the northwest by Dano, on the north by Cheliya, on the northeast by

Tikur Dirre Incinni is one of the districts in the Oromia of Ethiopia. Part of the West Shewa Zone, it is bordered on the southwest by Nono, on the northwest by Cheliya, on the northeast by Ambo, and on the southeast by the Southwest Shewa Zone. The majo ...

, on the east by the Southwest Shewa Zone, and on the southeast by the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region. Jibat woreda was part of Nono woreda. Nono was selected by the

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development An agriculture ministry (also called an) agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister f ...

in 2003 as an area for voluntary resettlement for farmers from overpopulated areas. That year this woreda became the home for a total of 590 heads of households and 391 total family members. The settlers included 861 individuals (693 family head and 168 family members) who came from Dodotana Sire,

Hitosa Hitosa ( om, Heexxoosaa) is one of the Aanaas in the Oromia Regional State of Ethiopia. Aanaa of Lude Hitosa was separated from Hitosa. Part of the Arsi Zone, Hitosa is bordered on the south by Digeluna Tijo, on the southwest by Tiyo, on th ...

, Merti, and

Ziway Dugda Batu Dugda is a woreda in Oromia Region, Ethiopia. Part of the Arsi Zone located in the Great Rift Valley, Batu Dugda is bordered on the south by Munesa, on the west and north by the East Shewa Zone, on the east by Hitosa, and on the southeast by ...

woredas in the Arsi Zone. The next year this woreda was selected again as a resettlement area, and became the home of a total of 2370 heads of household and a total of 16,350 family members.

Demographics

The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 84,248, of whom 43,545 were men and 40,703 were women; 3,554 or 4.22% of its population were urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants said they practised Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 55.64% of the population reporting they observed this belief, while 25.85% of the population were

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, and 15.38% were Protestant. Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 129,150, of whom 65,252 are men and 63,898 are women; 4,225 or 3.27% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 12.3%. With an estimated area of 1,248.75 square kilometers, Nono has an estimated population density of 103.4 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 152.8. The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 93,291, of whom 46,435 were men and 46,856 women; 2,368 or 2.54% of its population were urban dwellers at the time. The two largest ethnic groups reported in Nono were the Oromo (83%), and the Amhara (16.26%); all other ethnic groups made up 0.74% of the population.

Oromiffa Oromo ( or ; Oromo: ''Afaan Oromoo''), in the linguistic literature of the early 20th century also called Galla (a name with a pejorative meaning and therefore rejected by the Oromo people), is an Afroasiatic language The Afroasiatic languag ...

was spoken as a first language by 85.47%, and 14.15% spoke

Amharic Amharic ( or ; (Amharic: ), ', ) is an Ethiopian Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amharas, and also serves as a lingua franca for all oth ...

; the remaining 0.38% spoke all other primary languages reported. The majority of the inhabitants professed Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 83.62% of the population reporting they practiced that belief, while 7.09% of the population said they were Protestant, 6.92% were Moslem, and 1.49% practiced traditional beliefs.''1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region'', Vol. 1, part 1
Tables 2.1, 2.13, 2.16, 2.20 (accessed 6 April 2009)

Notes

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