Yalo is one of the

Districts of Ethiopia 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 ...

, or ''woredas'', in the

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. Part of the Administrative Zone 4, Yalo is located at the base of the eastern escarpment of the

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, and bordered on the south by

Gulina Gulina is one of the Districts of Ethiopia, or ''woredas'', in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Administrative Zone 4, Gulina is located near the base of the eastern escarpment of the Ethiopian highlands, and bordered on the south by Ewa, o ...

, on the west by the

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, on the north by the Administrative Zone 2, and on the east by Teru. The major town in Yalo is

Dibina Dibina is a town in north-eastern Ethiopia, located in Administrative Zone 4 of the Afar Region. This may be the "Debene" W.C. Harris mentions, a small village he passed through in mid-June 1841 on his diplomatic mission to Shewa. Based on figu ...

. Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the

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of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 47,468, of whom 27,319 are men and 20,149 women; with an area of 822.75 square kilometers, Yalo has a population density of 57.69. While 790 or 1.66% are urban inhabitants, a further 9,730 or 20.50% are pastoralists. A total of 7,901 households were counted in this woreda, which results in an average of 6.0 persons to a household, and 8,105 housing units. 99.25% of the population said they were

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.Census 2007 Tables: Afar Region
Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4.

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