Soddo (woreda)

Coordinates: 8°20′N 38°40′E / 8.333°N 38.667°E / 8.333; 38.667
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For the town in Wolayita Zone, see Sodo.

Soddo (

Oromia Region. The administrative center of Soddo is Bue; other towns include Kela
.

Landmarks in this woreda include Medrekebd Abo monastery, which is located 22 kilometers from Bue. This 15th-century monastery is a burial place of the

Ahmed Gragn in the 16th century, the monastery itself was looted by the Italians during their occupation. Another local landmark is the Geyet Gereno Stelae, a complex of about 100 stones located 14 kilometers from Bue with similarities to the stelae field in Tiya, which is also located in this woreda.[1]

In the early 1990s, during the period of the

kebeles in Soddo chose through referendum to unite with the Oromia Region. This led to an angry population in Soddo to create its own opposition organization.[2]

Demographics

Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the CSA, this woreda has a total population of 2,683,743 of whom 1,341,000 are men and 1,342,743 women; 10.19% of its population are urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants practice

Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 93.35% of the population reporting that belief, while 3.3% were reported as Muslim, and 3.28% were Protestants.[3]

The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 108,280 of whom 54,308 were males and 53,972 were females; 6,253 or 5.77% of its population were urban dwellers. The three largest ethnic groups reported in Soddo were the

Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity was practiced by 96.74% of the population, and 2.28% said they were Muslim.[4] Concerning sanitary conditions, 82.24% of the urban houses and 12.45% of all houses had access to safe drinking water at the time of the census; 25.15% of the urban and 3.15% of all houses had toilet facilities.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ "Tourisms" Archived 2010-11-29 at the Wayback Machine, Gurage Zone Government website (accessed 11 August 2009)
  2. ^ Sarah Vaughan, "Ethnicity and Power in Ethiopia" Archived 2011-08-13 at the Wayback Machine (University of Edinburgh: Ph.D. Thesis, 2003), pp. 262f
  3. ^ Census 2007 Tables: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Tables 2.1, and 3.4.
  4. ^ 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Vol. 1, part 1, Tables 2.1, 2.12, 2.14, 2.19 (accessed 30 December 2008)
  5. ^ 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia, Vol. 1, part 4, Tables 6.11, 6.13 (accessed 30 December 2008)

8°20′N 38°40′E / 8.333°N 38.667°E / 8.333; 38.667

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