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Oromia Zone is bordered on the southwest by North Shewa Zone, on the northwest by South Wollo and Argobba special woreda, and on the east by the Afar Region. The Zone consists of 7 Woredas which are Artuma Fursi, Bati, Bati Town, Dewa Cheffa, Dewa Harewa, Jilye Tumuga and Kemisie town. Kemise is the administrative center of the Zone.
Oromia is a major contributor to Ethiopia's main exports - gold, coffee, khat and cattle. Lega Dembi in Guji Zone, owned by MIDROC has exported more than 5000 kilograms of gold, [52] followed by Tulu Kapi gold deposit in West Welega Zone. [53] Awoday in East Hararghe Zone is the biggest market of khat exporting to Djibouti and Somalia. [54]
Amuru Jarte (Horo Gudru Welega Zone) Ayra Guliso (West Welega Zone) Bako (West Shewa Zone) Bedele (Illubabor Zone) Bekoji (Arsi Zone) Berehna Aleltu (Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne) Bila Seyo (East Welega Zone) Boji (West Welega Zone) Chiro (West Hararghe Zone) Dale Lalo (Kelem Welega Zone) Diga Leka (East Welega Zone) Dodotafi Sire ...
The Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne (Oromo: Godina Addaa naannawa Finfinnee) is a zone in Oromia Region of Ethiopia that surrounds Addis Ababa (also known as Finfine: literally "natural spring", in the Oromo language). It was created in 2008 from parts of North Shewa Zone, East Shewa Zone, Southwest Shewa zone and West Shewa Zones.
North Shewa (Oromo: Shawaa Kaabaa) is a zone in Oromia Region of Ethiopia. North Shewa takes its name from the kingdom of Shewa or former province of Shewa. North Shewa is bordered on the south by Addis Ababa on the southwest by West Shewa, on the north by North Shewa (Amhara), and on the southeast by East Shewa.
West Arsi (Oromo: Arsii Lixaa/Dhihaa) is a zone in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. This zone is named after a subgroup of the Oromo, who inhabit it. It covers an area of 11,776.72 km 2, divided into 12 districts (weredas). The population was officially estimated at 2,929,894 in mid 2022. [1]
The Oromia Zone in the Amhara region was created in the 1990s after pressure on the Ethiopian government by Oromo rights groups, who were a majority in the small part of Amhara region bordering Oromia. [1] In the North Shewa Zone of Oromia, where Amharas are a sizeable minority, conflict has been rife across the two sides between Oromo and ...
A total of 233,916 households were counted in this Zone, which results in an average of 4.71 persons to a household, and 227,102 housing units. The three largest ethnic groups reported in Southwest Shewa were the Oromo (87.08%), the Amhara (6.16%) and the Gurage (5.06%); all other ethnic groups made up 1.7% of the population.