Fiq () is a

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 ...

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 ...

, named after its major town, Fiq. Part of the

Fiq Zone Reserved area Nogob Nogob (), formerly known as Fik, is a zone in Somali Region of Ethiopia. Nogob Zone is bordered on the south by Gode, on the southwest by Afder Zone, on the west and northwest by the Oromia Region, on the north by Fafan, ...

, Fiq is bordered on the south by Hamero, on the western Qubi ,on the west by Mayumuluka, on the north by the

Jijiga Zone Fafan () is a zone in Somali Region of Ethiopia. It was previously known as the Jijiga zone, so named after its largest city, Jijiga. Other towns and cities in this zone include Awbare, Derwernache, Lefe Isa, Babile, Kebri Beyah, Harshin, ...

, on the east by the

Degehabur Zone Jarar () is a Zones of Ethiopia, zone in Somali Region of Ethiopia. It was previously known as the Degehabur zone, so named after its largest city, Degehabur. Jarar Zone is bordered on the south by Korahe Zone, Korahe, on the southwest by Fiq Zo ...

, and on the southeast by Segeg; the woreda's western boundary is defined by the

Erer River The Erer is a perennial river of eastern Ethiopia. It rises near the city of Harar, in Harari Region, and flows in a primarily southern direction to its confluence with the Shabelle. See also * Rivers of Ethiopia This is a list of streams a ...

. The average elevation in this woreda is 1035 meters above sea level. , Ayesha has 40 kilometers of all-weather gravel road and 451 kilometers of community roads; about 9.11% of the total population has access to drinking water.

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 68,047, of whom 36,037 are men and 32,011 are women and 68,060 women. While 9.31% are urban inhabitants, a further 56.68% are pastoralists. 99.3% of the population said they were

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. This woreda is primarily inhabited by the Ogaden rer ugaas samatar ( malingour ) clan. The 1997 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 12,961, of whom 6,684 were men and 6277 were women; 46% of its population were urban dwellers. (This total also includes an estimate for the inhabitants of 3 rural

kebele A ward (; ; ) is the smallest administrative unit of Ethiopia: a ward, a neighbourhood or a localized and delimited group of people. Somali word that has meaning of collected people where water is fairly sufficient and available to prolongue thei ...

s, which were not counted; they were estimated to have 1,225 inhabitants, of whom 676 were men and 549 women.) The largest ethnic group reported in Fiq were Abdille clan of the larger ogaden of the

Somalis The Somali people (, Wadaad's writing, Wadaad: , Arabic: ) are a Cushitic peoples, Cushitic ethnic group and nation native to the Somali Peninsula. who share a common ancestry, culture and history. The Lowland East Cushitic languages, East ...

(99.84%).''1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Somali Region, Vol. 1''
Tables 2.1, 2.2, 2.13 (accessed 12 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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