Babile, Oromia (Aanaa)

Coordinates: 8°40′N 42°25′E / 8.667°N 42.417°E / 8.667; 42.417
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Babile
Baabbile (
UTC+3 (EAT
)
For the woreda in the Somali Region, see Babille, Somali (woreda).

Babile (

Babille Town
.

Overview

The "Valley of Marvels"

The altitude of this District ranges from 950 to 2000 meters above sea level; Ambelber and Sarbadin are amongst the highest points. Rivers include the Dakata, Barale, and Erer Tiko. A survey of the land in this woreda (reported in 1995/96) shows that 21.1% is arable or cultivable (17.5% was under annual crops), 3.9% pasture, 3.7% forest, and the remaining 71.3% is considered built-up, degraded or otherwise unusable.

Much of Babille is occupied by the

Babille Elephant Sanctuary
.

The "Valley of Marvels" (a rock formation near the village of Dakata)[1] and the Erer sanctuary are local landmarks.

Oil seeds and

grain mills and one metalworking industry employing 39 people, as well as 160 registered businesses including wholesalers, retailers, and service providers. Although no mines are active, feldspar and garnet
deposits are known to exist. There were 14 Farmers Associations with 7529 members and one Farmers Service Cooperative with 26 members.

Babille has 54 kilometers of rural feeder roads and 29 all-weather roads, for an average road density of 16.2 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers.

Birr, which extended coverage to about 48.5% of the population.[3]

Demographics

The 2007 national census reported a total population for this District of 93,708, of whom 47,178 were men and 46,530 were women; 17,712 or 18.9% of its population were urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants said they were

Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.[4]

Based on figures published by the

Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this District has an estimated total population of 72,791, of whom 35,912 are men and 36,879 are women; 16,454 or 22.60% of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 6.9%. With an estimated area of 5,120.63 square kilometers, Babille has an estimated population density of 14.2 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 102.6.[5]

The 1994 national census reported a total population for this District of 50,204, of whom 25,419 were men and 24,785 women; 9,195 or 18.32% of its population were urban dwellers at the time. (This total also includes an estimate for the inhabitants of several rural wards, which were not counted; they were estimated to have 2,134 inhabitants, of whom 1,116 were men and 1,018 women.) The three largest ethnic groups reported in Babille were the

Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ The valley is described in Philip Briggs, Ethiopia: The Bradt Travel Guide, 3rd edition (Chalfont St Peters: Bradt, 2002), pp. 366f
  2. ^ a b Socio-economic profile of the East Hararghe Zone Government of Oromia Region (last accessed 1 August 2006).
  3. Walta Information Center
    )
  4. ^ 2007 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region, Vol. 1 Archived November 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.5, 3.4 (accessed 13 January 2012)
  5. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics Archived November 23, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, Tables B.3 and B.4
  6. ^ 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region, Vol. 1, part 1 Archived November 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.13, 2.16, 2.20 (accessed 6 April 2009)

8°40′N 42°25′E / 8.667°N 42.417°E / 8.667; 42.417

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