Chora (woreda)
Chora is one of the
Bedele. The major town in Chora is Kumbabe
.
Coffee is an important cash crop of this woreda. Over 50 square kilometers are planted with this crop.[1]
Demographics
The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 100,506, of whom 49,784 were men and 50,722 were women; 7,715 or 7.68% of its population were urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants were
Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, and 13.66% of the population said they were Protestant.[2]
Based on figures published by the
Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 318,483, of whom 160,504 are men and 157,979 are women; 9,545 or 8.06% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 12%. With an estimated area of 947.19 square kilometers, Chora has an estimated population density of 125.1 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 72.3.[3]
The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 84,617 in 18,027 households, of whom 41,558 were men and 43,059 women; 5,337 or 6.31% of its population were urban dwellers at the time. The three largest ethnic groups reported in Chora were the
Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, and 3.98% were Protestant.[4]
Notes
- ^ "Coffee Production" Archived 2016-08-15 at the Wayback Machine Oromia Coffee Cooperative Union website
- ^ 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)
- ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics Archived November 23, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, Tables B.3 and B.4
- ^ 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)
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