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Toke Kuatye is one of the
Aanaa 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 ...
s in the
Oromia Oromia (Amharic: ) ( om, Oromiyaa) is a regional state in Ethiopia and the homeland of the Oromo people. The capital of Oromia is Addis Ababa. It is bordered by the Somali Region to the east; the Amhara Region, the Afar Region and the Be ...
of
Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
. It was part of Naannawa Ambo. Part of the
West Shewa Zone West Shewa Zone ( om, Shawaa Lixaa/Dhihaa) is a zone in Oromia Region of Ethiopia. This zone takes its name from the kingdom or former province of Shewa. West Shewa is bordered on the south by the Southwest Shewa Zone and the Southern Nations, Na ...
, Toke Kutaye is bordered on the east by the Ambo Zuria, on the north by
Midakegn Midakegn is one of the woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. It is part of the West Shewa Zone. It was part of Cheliya woreda. The woreda is bordered on the east by Naannawa Ambo, on the south by Toke Kutaye, on the southwest and west by Che ...
, on the west by Cheliya. The largest town is Guder.


Demographics

The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 119,999, of whom 59,798 were men and 60,201 were women; 15,952 or 13.29% of its population were urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants said they practised
Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ( am, የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን, ''Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan'') is the largest of the Oriental Orthodox Churches. One of the few Chri ...
, with 49.48% of the population reporting they observed this belief, while 32.8% of the population were
Protestant 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 ...
, and 16.25% practiced traditional beliefs.''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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