Elekere (also transliterated El Kere) or Serer 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 ...

, Elekere is bordered on the southeast by Afder, on the southwest by Cherti, on the west by

Goro Bekeksa Gooro Bakaksa is one of the 93 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Liban Zone, Gurre Bakaksa is bounded on the south by the Ganale Dorya River which separates it from the Liben Zone, on the west by Guradamole, on the north by th ...

, on the north by Mirab Imi, and on the east by

Gode Zone Shabelle is one of nine Zones of the Somali Region of Ethiopia. It was previously known as Gode (, ), so named after its largest city, Gode. Shabelle is bordered on the west by Afder, on the north by Fiq, on the northeast by Korahe. On the s ...

. The major town in Elekere is El Kere. High points in this woredas include the peaks of the Audo Range, which runs from the northwest to the southeast parallel to the Shebelle River.

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 108,735, of whom 32,696 are men and 25,039 women. While 1,777 or 3.08% are urban inhabitants, a further 13,261 or 22.97% are pastoralists. 98.88% 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 ...

. The 1997 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 33,034, of whom 17,720 are men and 15,314 are women; 1,1023 or 3.1% of its population were urban dwellers. The two largest ethnic groups reported in Elekere were the Somali people as main gariire subclan of dir (92.71%) and the Oromo (7.24%); the census report classified 0.05% were all who were identified as Afar, Amhara, and

Shita Opo is an ethnic group of South Sudan and Ethiopia. They speak Opuuo, a Koman language. Most members of this ethnic group are not Muslims. The 2007 Census of Ethiopia lists 1,602 individuals as Upo (413 in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, an ...

.''1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Somali Region, Vol. 1''
Tables 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.12, 2.13 (accessed 10 January 2009). The results of the 1994 census in the Somali Region were not satisfactory, so the census was repeated in 1997.

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