Arbegona is one of the

woreda Districts of Ethiopia, also called woredas (; ''woreda''), are the third level of the administrative divisions of Ethiopia – after ''List of zones of Ethiopia, zones'' and the ''Regions of Ethiopia, regional states''. These districts are f ...

s in the

Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region The Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (often abbreviated as SNNPR; ) was a Regions of Ethiopia, regional state in southwestern Ethiopia. It was formed from the merger of five ''kililoch'', called Regions 7 to 11, following the ...

Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...

. Part of the Sidama Zone, Arbegona is bordered on the south by Bona Zuria, on the southwest by

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, on the northwest by Gorche, on the north by the

Oromia Region Oromia (, ) is a Regions of Ethiopia, regional state in Ethiopia and the homeland of the Oromo people. Under Article 49 of 1995 Constitution of Ethiopia, Ethiopian Constitution, the capital of Oromia is Addis Ababa, also called Finfinne. The ...

, and on the east by Bensa. The major town in Arbegona is Arbegona. According to a 2004 report, Arbegona had 36 kilometers of all-weather roads and 25 kilometers of dry-weather roads, for an average road density of 129 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers.

Demographics

Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the CSA, this woreda has a total population of 135,862, of whom 67,744 are men and 68,118 women; 6,745 or 4.97% of its population are urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants were

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, with 88.91% of the population reporting that belief, 6.48% observed traditional religions, 2.36% were

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, and 1.68% practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity. In the 1994 Census this woreda had a population of 135,453, of whom 68,138 were men and 67,315 women; 3,037 or 2.24% of its population were urban dwellers. The three largest ethnic groups reported in Arbegona were the Sidama (96.8%), the Amhara (1.7%), and the Oromo (0.95%); all other ethnic groups made up 0.55% of the population. Sidamo is spoken as a first language by 98.11% of the inhabitants, 1.03% speak

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, and 0.76% Oromiffa; the remaining 0.1% spoke all other primary languages reported. 58.09% of the population said they were

, 32.68% observed traditional religions, 2.73% were

, and 2.66% practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity. Concerning

education Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education als ...

, 13.16% of the population were considered literate; statistics on school attendance in this woreda are missing. Concerning sanitary conditions, about 8.58% of the urban houses and 14.92% of all houses had access to safe drinking water at the time of the census, while about 52.22% of the urban and 5.06% of the total had toilet facilities.''1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region'', Vol. 1, part 1
, Tables 2.1, 2.12, 2.19, 3.5, 3.7, 6.3, 6.11, 6.13 (accessed 30 December 2008)

References

{{Districts of the Sidama Region Districts of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region