Yemalogi Welele is one of the
woredas in the
Oromia Region of
Ethiopia. Part of the
Kelem Welega Zone, Yemalogi Welele is bordered on the south by
Hawa Gelan and
Sayo, on the west by
Anfilo and
Gidami
Gidami is a town in western Ethiopia. Located in the Kelem Welega Zone of the Oromia Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation between 1776 and 1928 meters above sea level. It is the main town of Gidami woreda.
Histo ...
, on the northwest by
Jimma Horo, on the north by
Gawo Kebe, and on east by the
Dale Wabera. The administrative center of this woreda is
Tejo. Hawa Gelan was separated from former
Hawa Welele woreda.
Demographics
The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 51,392, of whom 25,783 were men and 25,609 were women; 1,605 or 3.12% of its population were urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants were
Protestants
Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century against what its followers perceived to b ...
, with 54.04% reporting that as their religion, while 23.77% observed
Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, and 22.05% observed
Islam
Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...
.
''2007 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region'', Vol. 1
Tables 2.1, 2.5, 3.4 (accessed 13 January 2012)
Notes
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Districts of Oromia Region