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s in the

Oromia Oromia (, ) is a Regions of Ethiopia, regional state in Ethiopia and the homeland of the Oromo people. Under Article 49 of 1995 Constitution of Ethiopia, Ethiopian Constitution, the capital of Oromia is Addis Ababa, also called Finfinne. The ...

Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...

. It was part of the former Ada'a Chukala district. It is part of the East Shewa Zone located in the Great Rift Valley.

Demographics

The 2007 national census reported a total population for this district of 76,351, of whom 39,754 were men and 36,597 were women; 2,930 or 3.84% of its population were urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants said they practised Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 71.05% of the population reporting they observed this belief, while 18.49% of the population were

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, and 9.94% of the population 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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