Diga (woreda)

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Diga (woreda)
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Diga (woreda)
Coordinates: 9°0′N36°20′E / 9.000°N 36.333°E / 9.000; 36.333 Coordinates: 9°0′N36°20′E / 9.000°N 36.333°E / 9.000; 36.333
Country Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
Region Flag of the Oromia Region.svg  Oromia
Zone Misraq Welega Zone
Diga (woreda)

Diga is one of the woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. It is part of the Misraq Welega Zone and it is part of former Diga Leka woreda.

Demographics

The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 66,689, of whom 33,896 were men and 32,793 were women; 8,377 or 12.56% of its population are urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants observed Protestantism, with 50.28% reporting that as their religion, while 36.53% observed Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, and 11.87% were Moslem. [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 13 January 2012)

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