Kore (woreda)

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Kore is one of the woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. It is named after the administrative center of the woreda, Kore. It was part of Kofele woreda. Part of the Mirab Arsi Zone, Kore is bordered on the south by the Kofele, on the southwest by the Shashamene Zuria, on the northwest by Arsi Negele, on the north by Arsi Zone, and on the east by Gedeb Asasa.

Districts, or woreda, are the third-level administrative divisions of Ethiopia. They are further subdivided into a number of wards (kebele) or neighbourhood associations, which are the smallest unit of local government in Ethiopia.

Oromia is one of the nine ethnically based regional states of Ethiopia, covering 286,612 square kilometers. It is bordered by the Somali Region to the east; the Amhara Region, the Afar Region and the Benishangul-Gumuz Region to the north; South Sudan, Gambela Region, and Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region to the west; and Kenya to the south. The 2011 census reported Oromia Region population is 35,000,000; making it the largest state in population.

Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country in the northeastern part of Africa, popularly known as the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, and Somalia to the east, Sudan to the northwest, South Sudan to the west, and Kenya to the south. With over 102 million inhabitants, Ethiopia is the most populous landlocked country in the world and the second-most populous nation on the African continent that covers a total area of 1,100,000 square kilometres (420,000 sq mi). Its capital and largest city is Addis Ababa, which lies a few miles west of the East African Rift that splits the country into the Nubian Plate and the Somali Plate.

Demographics

The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 103,734, of whom 51,538 were men and 52,196 were women; 5,393 or 5.2% of its population were urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants were Muslim, with 89.37% of the population reporting they observed this belief, while 8.85% of the population said they practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, and 1.21% of the population were Catholic.^[1]

Islam is the second largest religion in Ethiopia with over 33.9% of the population practicing it in 2007. The faith arrived in Ethiopia at an early date, shortly before the hijira. Islam is the religion of the overwhelming majority of the Somali, Afar, Argobba, Harari, Berta, Alaba, and Silt'e and also has many adherents among the Gurage and the Oromo, the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia, as well as a minority of Amhara, the second largest ethnic group in the country.

Notes

↑ 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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[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)