Damot Gale

Coordinates: 7°00′N 37°50′E / 7.000°N 37.833°E / 7.000; 37.833
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Damot Gale
  • Daamoota Gaale Allaanaa (
    Amharic)
Woreda
Country Ethiopia
RegionSouth Ethiopia Regional State
ZoneWolaita
SeatBoditi
Government
 • Chief AdministratorTamirat Kussa (Prosperity Party)
Population
 (2019)
 • Total467,245
 • Male
233,500
 • Female
233,745

Damot Gale is a woreda in South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia. Part of the Wolayita Zone, Damot Gale is bordered on the southwest by Sodo Zuria, on the northwest by Boloso Sore and Damot Pulasa, on the north by the Hadiya Zone, on the east by Diguna Fango, and on the southeast by Damot Weyde. The administrative center of Damot Gale is Boditi. Damot Pulasa woreda was separated from Damot Gale.

Damot Gale has 29 kilometers of asphalt roads, 1 kilometer of all-weather road and 57 kilometers of dry-weather roads, for an average road density of 209 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers.[1]

History

A megalithic site with four steles has been found within Damot Gale.[2]

In March 1996, Damot Gale suffered a

NGO Redd Barna handed out crop seeds.[3]

With the assistance of a €76,200 loan from the

Greek government, as of 2006 construction is underway to build the Damte earthen dam, a pilot project which will provide a reliable source of drinkable water for the inhabitants of this woreda. The Ethiopian government hopes to use this project as an example in other areas of the country that faces a water shortage.[4]

Demographics

Based on the 2019 population projection conducted by the CSA,

Catholic, and 1.38% were Muslim.[6]

The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 217,336 of whom 107,201 were men and 109,239 were women; 13,400 or 6.17% of its population were urban dwellers. The four largest ethnic groups reported in Damot Gale were the

Roman Catholic.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ " Detailed statistics on roads" Archived July 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, SNNPR Bureau of Finance and Economic Development website (accessed 3 September 2009)
  2. ^ "Local History in Ethiopia" Archived 2008-12-17 at the Wayback Machine The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 3 May 2009)
  3. ^ "Field Trip Report to Welayita and North Omo (2 - 6 April)", UNDP-EUE Report (accessed 19 February 2009)
  4. WIC
    )
  5. ^ Projected population of Ethiopia
  6. ^ Census 2007 Tables: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region Archived November 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, and 3.4.
  7. ^ 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, 2.15, 2.19 (accessed 30 December 2008)

7°00′N 37°50′E / 7.000°N 37.833°E / 7.000; 37.833

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