Sire is one of the Aanaas in the Oromia Regional State of Ethiopia. It's part of the

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. It is part of former Dodotana Sire woreda. The administrative center of woreda is

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Demographics

The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 73,970, of whom 37,812 were men and 36,158 were women; 8,376 or 11.32% of its population were urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants said they practised Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 51.61% of the population reporting they observed this belief, while 44.46% of the population were

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, and 3.76% of the population were Protestant.''2007 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region'', Vol. 1
Tables 2.1, 2.5, 3.4 (accessed 13 January 2012)

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{{Coord missing, Ethiopia Districts of Oromia Region