Babille, Somali (woreda)
This district mainly compromises of the rural areas of the Babile district, which was split into two separate districts in the Oromia and the Somali regions. It encompasses a great majority of the Babile Elephant Sanctuary, with key areas such as Dakhate being located there, as well as towns like Dendema, Obosha, Hardin, Muli, Ceel-Baxay which are also located in this district.
Demographics
Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 77,317, of whom 41,629 are men and 35,688 women. While 1,273 or 1.65% are urban inhabitants, a further 17,533 or 22.68% are pastoralists. 99.29% of the population said they were Muslim. This woreda is inhabited mainly by the Karanle Hawiye as well as other Hawiye sub-clans and also has a sizable minority of other Somali clans such as Geri Koombe of the Darod and the Akisho.
The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 93,527, of whom 48,436 were men and 45,091 were women; the census identified no urban inhabitants. The largest ethnic group reported in Babille was the Somali people (99.97%).
Notes
- ^ Census 2007 Tables: Somali Region Archived 2012-03-10 at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.4, 3.1 and 3.4.
- ^ 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Somali Region, Vol. 1 Archived 2008-11-19 at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.7, 2.12,
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