Dolobay () 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

Somali Region The Somali Region (, , ), also known as Soomaali Galbeed () and officially the Somali Regional State, is a Regions of Ethiopia, regional state in eastern Ethiopia. It is the largest region of Ethiopia. The state borders the Ethiopian regions ...

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

Afder Zone Afder () is one of the eleven Zones of the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Afder is bordered on the southwest by the Ganale Dorya River which separates it from the Liben Zone, on the west by the Oromia Region, on the north by Nogob Zone, on the no ...

, Dolobay is bordered on the south by the Provisional Administrative Line with

Somalia Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, th ...

, on the west by the

Ganale Dorya River The Ganale Doria River () (also transliterated as Genale Dorya) is a perennial river in southeastern Ethiopia. Rising in the mountains east of Aleta Wendo, the Ganale flows south and east to join with the Dawa at the border with Somalia to becom ...

which separates it from the

Liben Zone Liben () is a zone in Somali Region of Ethiopia. Liben is bordered on the south by Kenya, on the northwest by the Oromia Region, on the northeast by Afder, and on the southeast by Somalia's federal state of Jubaland. Towns in Liben zone inclu ...

, on the northwest by Cherti, on the north by Afder, and on the east by Bare. The major town in Dolobay is

Weldiya Weldiya or Woldia () is a town, woreda, and capital of the North Wollo Zone in the Amhara Region in northern Ethiopia. It has an elevation of 2112 meters above sea level and is surrounded by Guba Lafto woreda. Both are located north of Dessie an ...

. Other rivers in Dolobay include the

Mena The Middle East and North Africa (MENA), also referred to as West Asia and North Africa (WANA) or South West Asia and North Africa (SWANA), is a geographic region which comprises the Middle East (also called West Asia) and North Africa together ...

, and the seasonal Weyib.

Demographics

Based on the 2007 Census conducted 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 ...

of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 84,134, of whom 47,014 are men and 37,120 women. While 7,174 or 8.53% are urban inhabitants, a further 39,072 or 46.44% are pastoralists. 99.26% of the population said they 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 ...

. This woreda majority is in inhabited by Baydiisle Clan and Faqi Muxumed sub clan of Surre and Gaadsan. Notable People from this town are: 1 ugaas sheik ali ( major clan in the woreda of baydisle clan 2.ugaas Ibrahin Dhaqane(Rukun) 3. Ugaas Garane ) - Faqi Muhamed 4 ''Suldan: Abdi Omar Nur Gole - Suldan of the Odomarke sub clan of Gaadsan''. major towns 1 koraley 2- Gubadley 3- Ceel Dhub 4 helkuram 5elhar 6 waldiya The 1997 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 71,940, of whom 39,891 were men and 32,049 were women; 5,909 or 8.21% of its population were urban dwellers. The largest ethnic groups reported in Afder Zone was the Somali Clans of Hawiye, Dir and others.''1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Somali Region, Vol. 1''
Tables 2.1, 2.12 (accessed 10 January 2009). The results of the 1994 census in the Somali Region were not satisfactory, so the census was repeated in 1997.

Notes

Districts of Somali Region {{Somali-geo-stub