Angacha (woreda)
Angacha has 77 kilometers of all-weather roads and 45 kilometers of dry-weather roads, for an average road density of 381 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers.
Demographics
Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the CSA, this woreda has a total population of 88,083, of whom 44,057 are men and 44,026 women; 6,819 or 7.74% of its population are urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants are Protestants, with 88.32% of the population reporting that belief, 5.46% practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, and 3.93% were Catholic.
The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 154,837 of whom 77,735 were men and 77,102 were women; 7,205 or 4.65% of its population were urban dwellers. The three largest ethnic groups reported in Angacha were the Kambaata (94.71%), the Hadiya (4.1%) and the Amhara (0.68%); all other ethnic groups made up 0.51% of the population. Kambaata is spoken as a first language by 94.43%, 4.15% speak Hadiya, and 1.2% speak Amharic; the remaining 0.22% spoke all other primary languages reported. 67.32% of the population said they were Protestants, 20.72% practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, 9.87% were Catholic, and 1.75% were Muslim.
Notes
- ^ " Detailed statistics on roads" Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine, SNNPR Bureau of Finance and Economic Development website (accessed 3 September 2009)
- ^ Census 2007 Tables: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region Archived November 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, and 3.4.
- ^ 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Vol. 1, part 1 Archived November 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.12, 2.15, 2.19 (accessed 30 December 2008)
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