Durame is a town in southeastern

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. The administrative center of the

Kembata Tembaro Zone Kembata is a zone in the Central Ethiopia Regional State of Ethiopia. It was formerly known as ''Kembata, Alaba and Tembaro'', until Alaba special woreda, Alaba and Tembaro became a woreda, special woreda in 2002 and 2023 respectively. This zone ...

of the

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

(SNNPR), this town has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 2101 meters above sea level. It is surrounded by Damboya woreda. Materials on the Nordic Africa Institute website, describe Durame as the main town for the Kambaata-speaking people."Local History in Ethiopia"
(pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 18 December 2007) According to the SNNPR's Bureau of Finance and Economic Development, Durame's amenities include digital telephone access, postal service, 24-hour electrical service, two bank branches (Global bank and Commercial Bank of Ethiopia), and a hospital. Following the Italian invasion, on 8 May 1936 a civil war erupted between the local population and the remaining Amhara, forcing local missionaries to evacuate the area. In 1962 a road linking Durame with Hosaena was constructed; bridges over the Markos and Dembe rivers were built in 1968.

Demographics

Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the CSA, this woreda has a total population of 24,472 of whom 12,173 are men and 12,299 women. The majority of the inhabitants were

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, with 86.51% of the population reporting that belief, 7.39% practiced

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, and 4.93% were

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. Census 2007 Tables: Southern Peoples, Nations and Nationalities Region
, Tables 2.1, and 3.4. The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 7,092 of whom 3,577 were men and 3,515 were women. It is the larger of two towns in

Kedida Gamela Kedida Gamela is a woreda in the Central Ethiopia Regional State of Ethiopia. Part of the Kembata Zone. Kedida Gamela is bordered on the east and south by an Misraq Badawacho woreda of the Hadiya Zone, on the west by Kacha Bira, on the northwe ...

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 ...

Notes

Populated places in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region Cities and towns in Ethiopia {{SouthernNationsET-geo-stub