Geta is one of the
woredas in the
Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of
Ethiopia.Geta is one of the sub-groups of the
Sebat Bet Gurage
Sebat Bet ("Seven houses") is an Afroasiatic language spoken in Ethiopia.
Overview
One of the Gurage languages, Sebat Bet is divided into several dialects. The latter are spoken in the western Gurage Region:
* Chaha (Cheha) is spoken in Cheha a ...
. Part of the
Gurage Zone, the Geta woreda is bordered on the south by the
Silt'e Zone, on the southwest by
Endegagn
Endegagn (Amharic: እንደጋኝ) is a woreda in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. This woreda is named after the Endegagn dialect of Inor language spoken by Gurage people. Part of the Gurage Zone, Endegagn is ...
, on the west by
Enemorina Eaner, on the north by
Cheha, and on the northeast by
Gumer. Geta was separated from the Gumer woreda.
Demographics
Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the CSA, this woreda has a total population of 69,455, of whom 33,020 are men and 36,435 women. The majority of the inhabitants were reported as
Muslim
Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...
, with 77.6% of the population reporting that belief, while 17.19% practiced
Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, and 4.26% were
Protestants
Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century against what its followers perceived to b ...
.
Census 2007 Tables: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region
, Tables 2.1, and 3.4.
Notes
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Districts of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region