Itang (woreda)

Coordinates: 8°15′N 34°10′E / 8.250°N 34.167°E / 8.250; 34.167
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Itang is a

Oromia Region; part of the southern boundary is defined by the Alwero River. The major town in Itang is Itang
.

Overview

The terrain is mostly flat; the altitude of this woreda ranges from 350 to 480 meters above sea level; rivers include the

Gambela National Park
, which embraces the woreda south of the Baro.

The economy of Itang is predominantly agricultural. There are no agricultural cooperatives, no documented roads, and little other infrastructure.[2]

The woreda is one of the highly affected wordas by floods.

History

At the start of the

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Itang was part of the Administrative Zone 1; however between 2001 and 2007 it was separated from that Zone and became a special woreda.[3]

In 1987,

Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) soldiers massacred about 16 civilians (most of them women and children) and militiamen in the village of Akado in Itang, the site of a former American mission. Local Anuak militia and the SPLA clashed in Akado two years later, resulting in the deaths of 10 SPLA men and 14 local people.[4] A 2002 United Nations Emergency Unit for Ethiopia assessment report mentions increasing conflict during the first part of that year between the Anuak and Nuer in this woreda over control of arable land along the rivers where the Anuak normally farm.[5]

Demographics

Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the

Roman Catholic 2.62%.[6]

According to the 1994 national census, the woreda's population was reported to be 18,768 in 17,156 households, of whom 9,408 were men and 9,360 women; 2,106 or 11.22% of the population were urban inhabitants. The two largest ethnic groups in Itang were the Nuer (47.74%) and the Anuak (46.68%); all other ethnic groups made up 5.58% of the population.

Catholic.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ Atlas of the Ethiopian Rural Economy Archived 2007-07-01 at the Wayback Machine, p. 18
  2. ^ Atlas of the Ethiopian Rural Economy, pp.7 30f
  3. ^ According to Dereje Feyissa this reorganization, which happened in 2003, was done to align territories inside the Gambela Region with the presence of local ethnic groups. (Dereje, "The Experience of the Gambela Regional State", in Ethnic Federalism: The Ethiopian Experience in Comparative Perspective [Oxford: James Currey, 2006], p. 223)
  4. ^ Medhane Tadesse, "Gambella: The impact of local conflict on regional security" Archived 2007-11-14 at the Wayback Machine, p. 9
  5. ^ Kerren Hedlund, Abraham Sewonet, and Habtamu Beyene, "Joint 2002 Mid-Season Assessment to Gambella Region", Joint Assessment Mission: 25 August-1 September 2002 (accessed 2 September 2009)
  6. ^ Census 2007 Tables: Gambela Region Archived 2010-11-14 at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4.
  7. ^ a b 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Gambela Region, Vol. 1 Archived 2008-11-19 at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.7, 2.15, 2.18, 2.23 (accessed 1 September 2009)
  8. ^ Abraham Sewonet, "Breaking the Cycle of Conflict in Gambella Region, Assessment Mission: 23–29 December 2002

8°15′N 34°10′E / 8.250°N 34.167°E / 8.250; 34.167

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