Oromia

Oromia
	Region
Oromia
	oromo oromiyaa ; Amh. ኦሮሚያ ክልል
	Flag
A country	Ethiopia
Includes	21 zones
Adm Centre	de jure Addis Ababa , de facto Nazret
History and geography
Square	298 164.29 km² (2nd place )
Timezone	UTC + 3
Largest cities	Addis Ababa , Nazret
Population
Population	27,158,471 people ( 2007 ) ( 1st place )
Density	91.09 p / km² (6th place)
Digital identifiers
ISO 3166-2 code	ET-OR

Oromiya ( Oromiya Oromiyaa , Amh . ኦሮሚያ ክልል ) is one of the nine regions of Ethiopia . The administrative center is de jure Addis Ababa , de facto Nazret ( Adam ). It borders on Kenya and South Sudan .

Until the 21st century, the administrative center of Oromia was the city of Addis Ababa , whose name in the Oromo language sounds like Finfin. The transfer of the administrative center of Oromia to Adamu caused many disputes. On June 10, 2005, the Democratic Organization of the Oromo People , which is part of the ruling coalition in the country, announced that it intends to move the Oromia administrative center back to Addis Ababa .

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Population

According to the 2007 census, the population of the region is 27 158 471 people: 13 676 159 men and 13 482 312 women. The urban population is 3 370 040 people (11.3%). The average population density is 76.93 people / km². There are 5 590 530 individual farms in the region, thus, an average of 4.8 people per farm (3.8 people in urban households and 5.0 people in agricultural enterprises).

Ethnic groups include: Oromo (87.8%), Amhara (7.22%), Gurage (0.93%), etc. The main language of the region is Oromo , spoken by 83.5% of the population; about 11% speak Amharic . 47.6% of the population is Muslim; 30.4% are Monophysite Christians ; 17.7% are Protestants; 3.3% adhere to traditional religious beliefs. The religious picture in urban areas is very different: Monophysite Christians here make up 51.2%; Muslims - 29.9%; Protestants - 17.5%; other religious groups - 1.5%.

According to a 1994 census, the population of the region was 18,732,525: 9,371,228 men and 9,361,297 women. The urban population numbered 621,210 people (14%).

According to CSA data for 2004, only 32% of the population have access to clean drinking water (23.7% in rural areas and 91.0% in cities). The literacy rate is 61.5% for men and 29.5% for women. Infant mortality is 76 per 1000 births (almost the same as the national average of 77 per 1000) ^[1] .

Administrative division

Adama
Arsi
Bale
Borena
Brown (Burayu)
Eastern Haraghe (Misraq Hararghe)
Eastern Shoah (Misraq Shewa)
Eastern Velega (Misraq Welega)
Guji
Horo Gudru Welega
Illubabor (Illubabor)
Jimma
Jimma Special Zone
Kelem Welega
Oromia (Oromia)
Northern Shoa (Semien Shewa)
Southwest Shoah (Debub Mirab Shewa)
Western Arsi (Mirab Arsi)
West Haraghe (Mirab Hararghe)
West Shoah (Mirab Shewa)
Western Velega (Mirab Welega)

Notes

↑ Macro International Inc. Ethiopia Atlas of Key Demographic and Health Indicators, 2005 . - Calverton: Macro International, 2008, 2008. - P. 2, 3, 10.

Links

[1] Macro International Inc. Ethiopia Atlas of Key Demographic and Health Indicators, 2005 . - Calverton: Macro International, 2008, 2008. - P. 2, 3, 10.