Seden Sodo is one of the
wereda south west shoa zone found at
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 ...
Regional state,
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 Er ...
country. it is bordered on the
, Gedebeno Gutezer Wereda or Gurage zone on the west by weliso, by north by
Bacho wereda on the northeast by
Tole wereda , and on the east by
Kersa Malima. The major town in Seden Sodo is
Harbu Chulule.
Demographics
The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 69,215, of whom 34,731 were men and 34,484 were women; 2,947 or 4.26% 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 Chris ...
, with 80.69% of the population reporting they observed this belief, while 16.74% of the population were
Muslim, and 2.43% were
Protestant
Protestantism is a Christian denomination, branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century agai ...
.
Based on figures published by the
Central Statistical Agency
The Central Statistical Agency (CSA; Amharic: ማዕከላዊ ስታቲስቲክስ ኤጀንሲ) is an agency of the government of Ethiopia designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that country used to monitor economic and social growt ...
in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 77,418, of whom 39,183 are men and 38,235 are women; 1,913 or 2.47% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 12.3%. With an estimated area of 491.88 square kilometers, Kokir has an estimated population density of 157.4 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 152.8.
The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 56,027, of whom 27,844 were men and 28,183 women; 1,073 or 1.92% of its population were urban dwellers at the time. The three largest ethnic groups reported in Kokir were the
Gurage
The Gurage (, Gurage: ጉራጌ) are a Semitic-speaking ethnic group inhabiting Ethiopia.G. W. E. Huntingford, "William A. Shack: The Gurage: a people of the ensete culture" They inhabit the Gurage Zone, a fertile, semi-mountainous region in ce ...
(95.86%), the
Silte (1.99%), and the
Oromo Oromo may refer to:
People
*Oromo people
**Arsi Oromo
**Borana Oromo people
**Guji Oromo people
**Ittu Oromo
**Karrayyu Oromo
** Macha Oromo people
**Raya Oromo people, in Tigray Province
**Salale Oromo people
**Welega Oromo people
**Tulama Oromo ...
(1.61%); all other ethnic groups made up 0.54% of the population.
Oromo Oromo may refer to:
People
*Oromo people
**Arsi Oromo
**Borana Oromo people
**Guji Oromo people
**Ittu Oromo
**Karrayyu Oromo
** Macha Oromo people
**Raya Oromo people, in Tigray Province
**Salale Oromo people
**Welega Oromo people
**Tulama Oromo ...
was spoken as a first language by 59.03%, 23.04% spoke
Silte, and 17.29% spoke
Soddo
Soddo (autonym ''kəstane'' "Christian"; formerly called ''Aymälläl'' in Western sources, after a particular dialect of it) is a Gurage language spoken by a quarter million people in southeastern Ethiopia. It is an Ethiopian Semitic language of ...
; the remaining 0.64% spoke all other primary languages reported. The majority of the inhabitants professed
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 Chris ...
, with 80.43% of the population reporting they practiced that belief, while 18.8% of the population said they were
Muslim.
[Ordinary ethnic is Gurage]
''1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region'', Vol. 1, part 1
Tables 2.1, 2.13, 2.16, 2.20 (accessed 6 April 2009)
Notes
{{Districts of the Oromia Region
Districts of Oromia Region