Arbegona (woreda)

Coordinates: 6°40′N 38°45′E / 6.667°N 38.750°E / 6.667; 38.750
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Arbegona is one of the

Oromia Region, and on the east by Bensa. The major town in Arbegona is Arbegona
.

According to a 2004 report, Arbegona had 36 kilometers of all-weather roads and 25 kilometers of dry-weather roads, for an average road density of 129 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers.[1]

Demographics

Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the CSA, this woreda has a total population of 135,862, of whom 67,744 are men and 68,118 women; 6,745 or 4.97% of its population are urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants were

Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.[2]

In the 1994 Census this woreda had a population of 135,453, of whom 68,138 were men and 67,315 women; 3,037 or 2.24% of its population were urban dwellers. The three largest ethnic groups reported in Arbegona were the

Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.[3] Concerning education, 13.16% of the population were considered literate; statistics on school attendance in this woreda are missing. Concerning sanitary conditions, about 8.58% of the urban houses and 14.92% of all houses had access to safe drinking water at the time of the census, while about 52.22% of the urban and 5.06% of the total had toilet facilities.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Detailed statistics on roads" Archived July 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, SNNPR Bureau of Finance and Economic Development website (accessed 15 September 2009)
  2. ^ Census 2007 Tables: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region Archived November 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, and 3.4.
  3. ^ 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, 2.7, 2.11, 2.15, 2.19 (accessed 30 December 2008)
  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, 2.19, 3.5, 3.7, 6.3, 6.11, 6.13 (accessed 30 December 2008)

6°40′N 38°45′E / 6.667°N 38.750°E / 6.667; 38.750