South Wollo Zone
South Wollo
ደቡብ ወሎ | ||
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Country Ethiopia | | |
Region | Amhara | |
Largest city | Dessie | |
Area | ||
• Total | 17,067.45 km2 (6,589.78 sq mi) | |
Population (2007) | ||
• Total | 2,518,862[1] |
South Wollo (
On 24 August 2009 Zonal authorities announced that approximately 540 safe water units were constructed during the past Ethiopian budget year at a cost of over 23 million birr, while another 878 units were repaired. This has improved the access to safe water from 51% to 61% of the Zone's inhabitants.[2]
Demographics
Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the
The 1994 national census reported a total population for this Zone of 4,123,803 in 498,480 households, of whom 2,047,512 were men and 2,076,291 women; 1,210,291 or 9.9% of its population were urban dwellers at the time. The two largest ethnic groups reported in South Wollo were the
According to a May 24, 2004 World Bank memorandum, 13% of the inhabitants of South Wollo have access to electricity, this zone has a road density of 76.1 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers (compared to the national average of 30 kilometers),[4] the average rural household has 0.7 hectare of land (compared to the national average of 1.01 hectare of land and an average of 0.75 for the Amhara Region)[5] and the equivalent of 0.6 heads of livestock. 10.6% of the population is in non-farm related jobs, compared to the national average of 25% and a regional average of 21%. 63% of all eligible children are enrolled in primary school, and 12% in secondary schools. 45% of the zone is exposed to malaria, and none to tsetse fly. The memorandum gave this zone a drought risk rating of 557.[6]
Notes
- ^ a b Geohive: Ethiopia Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Zone gets 540 safe water units"[permanent dead link], Ethiopian News Agency (accessed 2 November 2009)
- ^ Census 2007 Tables: Amhara Region, Table 3.4 Population by Religion and Sex.
- ^ "Ethiopia - Second Road Sector Development Program Project", p.3 (World Bank Project Appraisal Document, published 19 May 2003)
- ^ Comparative national and regional figures comes from another 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).
- ^ World Bank, Four Ethiopias: A Regional Characterization (accessed 23 March 2006).