Tembaro (
Amharic: ጠምባሮ) is one of the
woreda
Districts of Ethiopia, also called woredas ( am, ወረዳ; ''woreda''), are the third level of the administrative divisions of Ethiopia – after '' zones'' and the '' regional states''.
These districts are further subdivided into a number of ...
s in the
of
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the Er ...
. This woreda is named after the inhabiting Tembaro people. A part of the
Kembata Tembaro Zone
Kembata Tembaro is a zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. It was formerly known as ''Kembata, Alaba and Tembaro'', until Alaba became a special woreda in 2002. This zone is named after the Kambaata peopl ...
, Tembaro is bordered on the south by the
Dawro Zone
Dawro (or Dawuro) is a zone in the South West Region of Ethiopia. It is located at about 500km southwest of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia and 319 km of Hawassa, the capital of the SNNPR. Dawuro is bordered on the south by Gamo Gofa Zone, ...
, on the north by the
Hadiya Zone
Hadiya (also transliterated Hadiyya) is a zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. This zone is named after the Hadiya of the Hadiya Kingdom, whose homeland covers part of the administrative division. Hadiya ...
, on the west Hadiya and Dawro on the east by
Hadero Tunto Hadero Tunto is one of the woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia
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, and on the southeast by the
Wolayita Zone
Wolayita or Wolaita is an administrative zone in Ethiopia. It is named for the Welayta people, whose homeland is in the zone. Wolayita is bordered on the south by Gamo Gofa, on the west by the Omo River which separates it from Dawro, on the ...
. Towns in Tembaro include
Mudula
Mudula is a town in Central Ethiopia Regional State. This town has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 2100 meters above sea level. It is the largest town in Tembaro special woreda.
In 1997 the teachers of the Mudula school foun ...
,
Keleta, and
Bultuma. Tembaro was also formerly called Omo Sheleko woreda.
Demographics
Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the CSA, this woreda has a total population of 480,573, of whom 235,334 are men and 245,239 women; 45,615 or 7.21% of its population are urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants were
Protestants
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, with 77.69% of the population reporting that belief, 14.9% practiced
Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ( am, የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን, ''Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan'') is the largest of the Oriental Orthodox Churches. One of the few Chris ...
, 3.36% were
Catholic
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, 2.07% were
Muslim, and 1.17% observed traditional beliefs.
Census 2007 Tables: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region
Tables 2.1, and 3.4.
Notes
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Districts of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region
Tembarana is one of the mother thouing language for Tembaro people
thumb
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