Selamago 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
of
Ethiopia
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. Part of the
Debub Omo Zone
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, Selamago is bordered on the south by
Nyangatom, on the west and north by the
Omo River
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which separates it from the
Bench Maji,
Keffa and
Konta
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Konta is a model town situated near bank of sabri River and Konta Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly
, Konta ...
, on the northeast by the
Gamo Gofa
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* Gamo (airgun manufacturer), a Spanish airgun manufacturer
* Gamō clan (蒲生氏, Gamō-shi), a Japanese clan which claimed descent from the Fujiwara clan
* Gamo people, an Ethiopian ethnic group
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, on the east by the
Basketo and
Bako Gazer, and on the southeast by the
Usno River
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which separates it from
Bena Tsemay; the
Mago River
Mago River (or Magi River) is a river of southern Ethiopia, entirely located in the Debub Omo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region. It joins the Neri River to form the Usno River, a tributary of the Omo River.
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defines part of the boundary with Bako Gazer. The administrative center of Selamago is
Hana
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* Traianoupoli, Greece, called Hana during the Ottoman period
* Hana, Norway, a borough in the city of Sandnes, Norway
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.
Overview
The highest point in this woreda is
Mount Smith (2560 meters); other notable peaks include
Mount Dara. Rivers in this woreda include the Hana. The southern part of Selamago along the Mago and Usno rivers, a length of about 20 kilometers, is included in the
Mago National Park Mago may refer to:
Places
*Mago Island, an island in Fiji
* Mago, Minorca, a Carthaginian and later Roman town in Menorca
* Mago, Russia, a rural locality (a settlement) in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia
* Mago National Park, in Ethiopia
** Mount Mago a ...
. To the north of it is Tama Wildlife Reserve. According to a 2004 report, Selamago had no all-weather roads and 185 kilometers of dry-weather roads, for an average road density of 44 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers.
David Turton describes this area as one of the most isolated in Ethiopia: the Omo and Mago rivers make access difficult and the conquering armies of
Menelik II
, spoken = ; ''djānhoi'', lit. ''"O steemedroyal"''
, alternative = ; ''getochu'', lit. ''"Our master"'' (pl.)
Menelik II ( gez, ዳግማዊ ምኒልክ ; horse name Abba Dagnew ( Amharic: አባ ዳኘው ''abba daññäw''); 17 ...
bypassed it. Although the
occupying Italians briefly occupied a military post along the Omo in what later became Selamago in 1940, it was not until the 1970s that direct Ethiopian administration reached this area.
Demographics
Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the CSA, this woreda has a total population of 27,866, of whom 14,085 are men and 13,781 women; 1,233 or 4.43% of its population are urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants practiced traditional beliefs, with 45.41% of the population reporting that belief, 30.54% were
Protestants, and 12.36% 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 ...
.
In the 1994 national census Selamago had a population of 13,608, of whom 6,675 were men and 6,933 women; 397 or 2.92% of its population were urban dwellers. The five largest ethnic groups reported in this woreda were the
Dime (39.23%), the Bodi otherwise known as the
Me'en (33.07%), the
Mursi (22.94%), the
Amhara (2.2%), and the
Basketo (1.26%); all other ethnic groups made up 1.3% of the population.
Dime was spoken as a first language by 40.39% of the inhabitants, 33.07% spoke
Me'en, and 22.94% spoke
Mursi; the remaining 3.6% spoke all other primary languages reported. A 1996
UNDP
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report states that the "Bodi" and "Dimi" peoples were not counted in the 1984 census. One group who were missed were the
Kwegu, whose villages can be found along the Omo River; they may have been counted as belonging to the Mursi.
Concerning
education
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, 5.77% of the population were considered literate. Concerning
sanitary conditions, about 80% of the urban inhabitants and 9% of the total had toilet facilities.
''1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region'', Vol. 1, part 2
Table 6.11 (accessed 17 April 2009)
Notes
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