The Southwest Ethiopia Region, officially the Southwest Ethiopia Peoples' Regional State () is a

regional state A regional state, or a regionalised unitary state, is a term used to denote a type of state that is formally Unitary state, unitary but where a high degree of political power has been highly decentralised to regional governments. This contrasts w ...

in southwestern

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 split off from the

Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region The Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (often abbreviated as SNNPR; ) was a Regions of Ethiopia, regional state in southwestern Ethiopia. It was formed from the merger of five ''kililoch'', called Regions 7 to 11, following the ...

(SNNPR) on 23 November 2021 after a successful referendum. It consists of the Keffa, Sheka, Bench Sheko, Dawro, West Omo Zones, and Konta Zone. The

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of the region is

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Chief administrator

* Negash Wagesho (chief administrator) 2021–present

Administrative zones

The following table shows administrative zones and special woredas, (an administrative subdivision which is similar to an

autonomous area An autonomous administrative division (also referred to as an autonomous area, zone, entity, unit, region, subdivision, province, or territory) is a subnational administrative division or territory, internal territory of a sovereign state that has ...

), is based on information from the 2007 census; the list of second administrative level bodies maintained by the United Nations Geographic Information Working Group dates from 2002, The information in the WHO spreadsheet is built on information received 18 September 2002 from the Ethiopian Ministry of Federal Affairs.

References

2021 establishments in Ethiopia Regions of Ethiopia States and territories established in 2021 South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region {{Ethiopia-stub