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located in the Great Rift Valley, Wensho is bordered on the southwest by

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, on the west by

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, on the north by

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, on the northeast by

Gorche Gorche is one of the woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Sidama Zone located in the Great Rift Valley, Gorche is bordered on the southwest by Wensho, on the west by Shebedino, on the north b ...

, and on the southeast by

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. Wensho was separated from Dale woreda.

Demographics

Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the CSA, this woreda has a total population of 89,662, of whom 45,562 are men and 44,100 women; 2,039 or 2.27% of its population are urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants were

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, with 70.47% of the population reporting that belief, 12.17% observed traditional religions, 8.84% were

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, 1.93% were Catholic, and 1.42% practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.Census 2007 Tables: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region
Tables 2.1, and 3.4.

Notes

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