Dano 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

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 ...

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

Mirab Shewa Zone West Shewa Zone () is a zone in Oromia Region of Ethiopia. This zone takes its name from the kingdom or former province of Shewa. West Shewa is bordered on the south by the Southwest Shewa Zone and the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples ...

, Dano is bordered on the southwest by the

Jimma Zone Jimma is a Zones of Ethiopia, zone in Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Jimma is named after former Kingdom of Jimma, which was absorbed into the former province of Kaffa Province, Ethiopia, Kaffa in 1932. Jimma is bordered on the south by the Southern ...

, on the north by Cheliya, and on the southeast by

Nono Nono may refer to: Places * Nono, Argentina, a municipality in the Province of Córdoba * Nono, Ecuador, a parish in the municipality of Quito in the province of Pichincha * Nono, Illubabor, Oromia (woreda), Ethiopia, or Nono Sele ** Nono, Illub ...

; part of the boundary with the Jimma Zone is defined by the

Gibe River The Gibe River (also Great Gibe River) is by far the largest tributary of the Omo River in southwestern Ethiopia and flows generally south-southeast. The confluence of the Gibe River with the smaller Wabe River forms the Omo River. The whole dr ...

. The major town in Dano is Sayo. Although

coffee Coffee is a beverage brewed from roasted, ground coffee beans. Darkly colored, bitter, and slightly acidic, coffee has a stimulating effect on humans, primarily due to its caffeine content, but decaffeinated coffee is also commercially a ...

is an important cash crop of this woreda, less than 20 square kilometers are planted with this crop.

Demographics

The 2007 national census reported this woreda's total population as 97,243, of whom 48,593 were men and 48,650 women; 6,072 or 6.24% of its population were urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants (53.43%) said they were

Protestant Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes Justification (theology), justification of sinners Sola fide, through faith alone, the teaching that Salvation in Christianity, salvation comes by unmerited Grace in Christianity, divin ...

, while 37.1% of the population practised

Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church () is the largest of the Oriental Orthodox Churches. One of the few Christian churches in Africa originating before European colonization of the continent, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church dates bac ...

, and 8.2% were

Muslim Muslims () are people who adhere to Islam, a Monotheism, monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God ...

. Based on figures published by the

Central Statistical Agency The Central Statistical Agency, also known as the Ethiopian Statistical Service (ESS; Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ስታቲስቲክስ አገልግሎት), is an Ethiopian government agency designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that ...

in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 82,575, of whom 42,056 are men and 40,519 are women; 3,197 or 3.87% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 12.3%. With an estimated area of 667.19 square kilometers, Dano has an estimated population density of 123.8 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 152.8. The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 59,559, of whom 29,385 were men and 30,174 women; 1,789 or 3% of its population were urban dwellers at the time. The two largest ethnic groups reported in Dano were the Oromo (92.24%), and the Amhara (7.56%); all other ethnic groups made up 0.96% of the population. Oromiffa was spoken as a first language by 94.43%, and 5.53% spoke

Amharic Amharic is an Ethio-Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amhara people, and also serves as a lingua franca for all other metropolitan populati ...

; the remaining 0.04% spoke all other primary languages reported. The majority of the inhabitants professed

, with 77.17% of the population reporting they practiced that belief, while 23.2% of the population said they were

, 5.04% were

, and 2.41% practiced traditional beliefs.''1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region'', Vol. 1, part 1
, Tables 2.1, 2.13, 2.16, 2.20 (accessed 6 April 2009)

Notes

{{Districts of the Oromia Region Districts of Oromia