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Horo Guduru Welega ( om, Walllaga Horroo Guduruu) is a Zones of Ethiopia, zone in Oromia Region of Ethiopia. It is named after the former province of Welega Province, Welega, whose eastern part lay in the area Horo Guduru Welega now occupies. Horo Guduru Welega was formed of woredas which included to East Welega Zone.
The seat of the zonal administration cabinet is in Shambu town. Shambu is a seat for Horro Woreda and Shambu town woreda in addition to the zonal service.
In this zone, there are various community associations that are working on supporting elderly, children and youths who are suffering financially as well as lacking family support. One of such association i
Oda Buluq Integrated Development Association (OBIDA)
which has been registered in Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Census 2007 Tables: Oromia Region
, Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4.
Horo Guduru Welega ( om, Walllaga Horroo Guduruu) is a Zones of Ethiopia, zone in Oromia Region of Ethiopia. It is named after the former province of Welega Province, Welega, whose eastern part lay in the area Horo Guduru Welega now occupies. Horo Guduru Welega was formed of woredas which included to East Welega Zone.
The seat of the zonal administration cabinet is in Shambu town. Shambu is a seat for Horro Woreda and Shambu town woreda in addition to the zonal service.
In this zone, there are various community associations that are working on supporting elderly, children and youths who are suffering financially as well as lacking family support. One of such association iOda Buluq Integrated Development Association (OBIDA)
which has been registered in Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Demographics
Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency (Ethiopia), Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this zone has a total population of 570,040, of whom 285,515 are men and 284,525 women. 64,739 or 11.36% of the population are urban inhabitants. A total of 117,241 households were counted in this zone, which results in an average of 4.86 persons to a household and 112,403 housing units. The two largest ethnic groups reported in Horo Gudru Welega were the Oromo people, Oromo (86.12%) and the Amhara people, Amhara (13.34%); all other ethnic groups made up 0.54% of the population. Oromo language, Oromo was spoken as a first language by 85.87% and 13.59% spoke Amharic language, Amharic; the remaining 0.46% spoke all other primary languages reported. The majority of the inhabitants were P'ent'ay, Protestants, with 42.99% of the population having reported they practiced that belief, while 38.47% of the population professed Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, 8.91% observed Waaqeffataa [traditional beliefs] and 8.61% of the population were Islam in Ethiopia, Muslim., Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4.
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