Farta
Demographics
Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 232,181, an increase of 1.49% over the 1994 census, of whom 118,513 are men and 113,668 women; 6,783 or 2.92% are urban inhabitants. With an area of 1,099.25 square kilometers, Farta has a population density of 211.22, which is greater than the Zone average of 145.56 persons per square kilometer. A total of 49,986 households were counted in this woreda, resulting in an average of 4.64 persons to a household, and 48,465 housing units. The majority of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 99.61% reporting that as their religion.
The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 228,772 in 47,812 households, of whom 118,696 were men and 110,076 were women; 3,552 or 1.55% of its population were urban dwellers. The largest ethnic group reported in Farta was the Amhara (99.95%), Amharic was spoken as a first language by 99.96%, and 99.57% of the population practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.
Notes
- ^ Geohive: Ethiopia Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Census 2007 Tables: Amhara Region Archived November 14, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4.
- ^ 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Amhara Region, Vol. 1, part 1 Archived November 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.7, 2.10, 2.13, 2.17, Annex II.2 (accessed 9 April 2009)
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