Chewaka

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Chewaka is one of the woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. It is part of the Buno Bedele Zone.

Demographics

The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 56,106, of whom 29,681 were men and 26,425 were women; 1,048 or 1.87% of its population were urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants were Moslem, with 94.17% of the population reporting they observed this belief, while 4.53 of the population said they practised Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, and 1.19% were Protestant. [1]

Notes

  1. 2007 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region, Vol. 1 Archived November 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine , Tables 2.1, 2.5, 3.4 (accessed 17 May 2012)


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