Jarar Zone
Jarar Zone
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Jarar (
Demographics
Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the
The 1997 national census reported a total population for this Zone of 304,907 in 72,010 households, of whom 168,211 were men and 136,696 were women; 57,866 or 18.98% of its population were urban dwellers. The largest ethnic group reported in Jarar was the
According to a May 24, 2004
Districts
Jarar Zone is subdivided into Tenth Districts and One Special Zone
- Degehabur Special Zone
- Daroor
- Gaashaamo
- Awaare
- Araarso
- Yoocaale
- Dhagaxmadow
- Gunagado
- Birqod
- Dig
- Bilcil buur
Agriculture
On 5–23 November 2003, the CSA conducted the first ever national agricultural census, of which the livestock census was an important component.[7] For the Somali Region, the CSA generated estimated figures for the livestock population (cattle, sheep, goats, camels, and equids) and their distribution by commissioning an aerial survey. For the Jarar Zone, their results included:
Animal | Estimated total | number per sqk. |
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cattle | 51,536 | 1.4 |
sheep | 1,395,779 | 56.6 (including goats) |
goats | 721,925 | 56.6 (including sheep) |
camels | 131,106 | 3.5 |
asses | 5,415 | 0.1 (all equids) |
mules | 68 | 0.1 (all equids) |
horses | 19 | 0.1 (all equids) |
Notes
- ^ "Ethiopia" (PDF). USAID. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ^ Census 2007 Tables: Somali Region Archived November 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4.
- ^ 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Somali Region, Vol. 1 Archived November 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Tables 2.1, 2.2, 2.13 (accessed 12 January 2009). The results of the 1994 census in the Somali Region were not satisfactory, so the census was repeated in 1997.
- ^ Comparative national and regional figures comes from the World Bank publication, Klaus Deininger et al. "Tenure Security and Land Related Investment", WP-2991 Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 23 March 2006) This publication defines Benishangul-Gumaz, Afar and Somali as "pastoral Regions".
- ^ World Bank, Four Ethiopias: A Regional Characterization (accessed 23 March 2006).
- ^ CHF International, Grassroots Conflict Assessment in the Somali Region Archived July 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (Aug. 2006), p. 19 (accessed 12 December 2008)
- ^ "Livestock aerial survey in the Somali Region" Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, CSA (November 2003), Tables 4, 6 (accessed 17 May 2009)