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Dinsho is one of the districts in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. It was part of former Sinanana Dinsho woreda what was separated for Dinsho and Sinana woredas and Robe Town. Part of the Bale Zone, Sinanana Dinsho was bordered on the south by the
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which separated it from Goba, on the west by Adaba, on the northwest by Agarfa, on the northeast by
Gaserana Gololcha Gololcha is one of the woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. It was part of former Gololcha woreda what was divided for Gololcha and Gololcha woredas. Part of the East Bale Zone, Gololcha is bordered on the south by Ginir, on the southwest by ...
, on the east by
Ginir Ginir (also transliterated Ghinnir) is a town in southeastern Ethiopia. Located in the East Bale Zone of the Oromia Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation between 1750 and 1986 meters above sea level. Ginir is the ...
, and on the southeast by Goro, Oromia. The administrative center of this woreda is
Dinsho Dinsho (also called Gurie) is a village in south-central Ethiopia. Located in the Bale Zone of the Oromia Region in the heart of the Bale Mountains, this village has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation of 3207 meters. It is the administr ...
.


Overview

The altitude of the district varies from 2000 to 3600 meters above sea level, with higher elevation in the Dinsho subdistrict. Rivers include the Togona, Weyib and Shaya Rivers. A survey of the land in this woreda shows that 33.1% is arable or cultivable (29.8% was under annual crops), 30.4% pasture, 30.2% forest and other heavy vegetation, and the remaining 2.3% is considered swampy, mountainous or otherwise unusable. Sinanana Dinsho is one of the woredas in this Zone with abundant forests; the Bale Mountains National Park extends into the woreda. This woreda reportedly produces a surplus of food, and wheat and barley are important crops. There are two state farms in this woreda: the Sinana, with 38.38 square kilometers of area, and the Robe with 25.79 square kilometers.''Socio-economic profile of the Bale Zone''
Government of Oromia Region (last accessed 1 August 2006).
Industry consists of 45 grain mills and 20 other small-scale factories including edible oil mills, woodworking and metalworking shops, bakeries, brickyards, knitting factories employing 166 people, as well as 172 wholesalers, 559 retailers and 231 service providers. There were 23 Farmers Associations with 16,399 members and 5 Farmers Service Cooperatives with 1884 members. Sinanana Dinsho has 93 kilometers of all-weather road, for an average of road density of 52.5 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers. About 37.7% of the total population has access to drinking water.


Demographics

The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 39,124, of whom 19,252 were men and 19,872 were women; 2,966 or 7.58% of its population were urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants 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 ...
, with 85.98% of the population reporting they observed this belief, while 13.65% of the population practised Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity. Based on figures published 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 ...
in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 198,477, of whom 100,199 are men and 98,278 are women; 42,090 or 21.21% of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 13.5%. With an estimated area of 1,774.53 square kilometers, Sinanana Dinsho has an estimated population density of 111.8 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 27. The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 137,354, of whom 67,983 were men and 69,371 women; 23,535 or 17.13% of its population were urban dwellers at the time. The two largest ethnic groups reported in Sinanana Dinsho were the Oromo (89.73%), and the Amhara (9.02%); all other ethnic groups made up 1.25% 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 88.6%, and 10.75% 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 0.65% spoke all other primary languages reported. The majority of the inhabitants 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 ...
, with 61.92% of the population having reported they practiced that belief, while 37.37% of the population said they professed Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.''1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region'', Vol. 1, part 1
, Tables 2.1, 2.7, 2.12, 2.15, 2.17 (accessed 6 April 2009).


Notes

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