Yaso is one of the 20

Districts of Ethiopia Districts of Ethiopia, also called woredas (; ''woreda''), are the third level of the administrative divisions of Ethiopia – after ''List of zones of Ethiopia, zones'' and the ''Regions of Ethiopia, regional states''. These districts are f ...

, or ''woredas'', in the

Benishangul-Gumuz region Benishangul-Gumuz () is a regional state in northwestern 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 Er ...

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 ...

. Part of the Kamashi Zone, Yaso is bordered by the

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on the north which separates it from the Metekel Zone and the

Amhara Region The Amhara Region (), officially the Amhara National Regional State (), is a Regions of Ethiopia, regional state in northern Ethiopia and the homeland of the Amhara people, Amhara, Awi people, Awi, Xamir people, Xamir, Argobba people, Argobba, a ...

, by the

Oromia Region 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 ...

in the southeast, by the

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on the south which separates it from

Belo Jegonfoy Bolo Jiganfo is one of the 20 Districts of Ethiopia, or ''woredas'', in the Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia. Part of the Kamashi Zone, it is bordered on the west by the Didessa River, which separates it from Kamashi, on the north by the Han ...

, and by the

Didessa River The Didessa (pronounced: ɗeɗ:e:s:a; ) is a river in western Ethiopia. A tributary of the Abay River, it rises in the mountains of Gomma, flowing in a northwesterly direction to its confluence where the course of the Abay has curved to its sout ...

on the west which separates it from Kamashi and Agalo Mite. On 24 July 2009, the Ethiopian Roads Authority announced that they had completed a gravel road 72 kilometers in length between Kamashi and Yaso woredas at a cost of 149 Birr.

Demographics

The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 12,747, of whom 6,463 were men and 6,284 were women; 1,417 or 11.12% of its population were urban dwellers. A plurality of the inhabitants said they were

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, with 44.72% of the population reporting they observed this belief, while 31.34% of the population practiced

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, and 21.97% practiced traditional beliefs. Based on figures from the

Central Statistical Agency The Central Statistical Agency, also known as the Ethiopian Statistical Service (ESS; Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ስታቲስቲክስ አገልግሎት), is an Ethiopian government agency designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that ...

in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 10,308, of whom 5,155 are men and 5,153 are women. With an estimated area of 2,789.07 square kilometers, Yaso has a population density of 3.7 people per square kilometer which is less than the Zone average of 7.61. Information is lacking on the towns of this woreda. The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 7,771 in 1,655 households, of whom 3,904 were men and 3,867 were females; no urban inhabitants were reported. The two largest ethnic groups reported in Yaso were the Gumuz (86.2%), and the Oromo (13.6%); all other ethnic groups made up 0.2% of the population. Gumuz is spoken as a first language by 86.5%, and Oromiffa by 13.3%; the remaining 0.2% spoke all other primary languages reported. The largest group of inhabitants followed traditional religions, with 48.3% of the population reporting beliefs reported under that category, while 29.3% embraced

. Concerning

education Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education als ...

, 11.03% of the population were considered literate, which is about the same as the Zone average of 11.36%; 13.22% of children aged 7–12 were in primary school, a negligible number of the children aged 13–14 were in junior secondary school, and 0.61% of the inhabitants aged 15–18 were in senior secondary school. Concerning sanitary conditions, 6.6% of all houses had access to safe drinking water, and 2.7% had toilet facilities at the time of the census.''1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Vol. 1''
Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.7, 2.12, 2.15, 2.19, 3.5, 3.7, 6.11, 6.13 (accessed 30 December 2008)

Notes

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