Kacha Bira
Kacha Bira is a
.Kacha Bira has 56 kilometers of all-weather roads and 37 kilometers of dry-weather roads, for an average road density of 310 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers.[1]
In March 2000, police from Durame reportedly killed Ermias Abuye, a resident of Kacha Bira, while he was plowing his fields for supporting the Southern Ethiopia Peoples' Democratic Coalition. Police reportedly refused to investigate the case initially despite a request from the farmer's family, and the responsible officer was working in the Durame police station at year's end.[2]
Demographics
Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the CSA, this woreda has a total population of 113,687, of whom 55,827 are men and 57,860 women; 15,848 or 13.94% of its population are urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants were
The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 118,603 of whom 58,882 were men and 59,721 were women; 11,450 or 9.65% of its population were urban dwellers. The four largest ethnic groups reported in Kacha Bira were the
Notes
- ^ " Detailed statistics on roads" Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine, SNNPR Bureau of Finance and Economic Development website (accessed 3 September 2009)
- ^ "Ethiopia: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices", Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, US State Department (accessed 9 July 2009)
- ^ Census 2007 Tables: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region Archived 2012-11-13 at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, and 3.4.
- ^ 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Vol. 1, part 1 Archived 2008-11-19 at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.12, 2.15, 2.19 (accessed 30 December 2008)