Kondala

Kondala is one of the woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. It is part of the Mirab Welega Zone. It was established in December 2005 after being separated from the Begi woreda. It is bounded by Benishangul-Gumuz Region and Mana Sibu in the north, Kelem Welega Zone in the south and southeast, Begi in the west and Babo Gambel in northeast. Gaba Dafino is the administrative center.

Demographics

The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 96,253 in 18,286 households, of whom 48,612 were men and 47,641 were women; 3,117 or 3.24% of its population were urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants observed Islam, with 85.39% reporting that as their religion, while 7.92% observed Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, and 6.61% were Protestants.[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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