Horo Guduru Welega () is a

zone Zone, Zones or The Zone may refer to: Places Military zones * Zone, any of the divisions of France during the World War II German occupation * Zone, any of the divisions of Germany during the post-World War II Allied occupation * Korean Demilit ...

Oromia Region Oromia (, ) is a Regions of Ethiopia, regional state in Ethiopia and the homeland of the Oromo people. Under Article 49 of 1995 Constitution of Ethiopia, Ethiopian Constitution, the capital of Oromia is Addis Ababa, also called Finfinne. The ...

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 ...

. It is named after the former province of Welega, whose eastern part lay in the area Horo Guduru Welega now occupies. Horo Guduru Welega was formed of woredas, including

East Welega Zone East Welega () is one of the zones in the central Oromia Region of Ethiopia. This administrative division acquired its name from the former province of Welega. Towns and cities in this zone include Nekemte. East Welega is bounded on the southwe ...

. Horo Guduru is bordered on the east by West Shewa Zone, on the west by

, and on the north by

Amhara Region The Amhara Region (), officially the Amhara National Regional State (), is a Regions of Ethiopia, regional state in northern Ethiopia and the homeland of the Amhara people, Amhara, Awi people, Awi, Xamir people, Xamir, Argobba people, Argobba, a ...

. The seat of the zonal administration cabinet is in Shambu town. Shambu is a seat for Horro Woreda and Shambu town woreda in addition to the zonal service. In this zone, various community associations are working on supporting elderly, children, and youths suffering financially and lacking family support. One such association i
Oda Buluq Integrated Development Association (OBIDA)
registered in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

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 zone has a total population of 570,040, of whom 285,515 are men and 284,525 are women. 64,739, or 11.36% of the population, are urban inhabitants. A total of 117,241 households were counted in this zone, which resulted in an average of 4.86 persons to a household and 112,403 housing units. The two largest ethnic groups reported in Horo Gudru Welega were the Oromo (93.12%) and the Amhara (6.34%); all other ethnic groups made up 0.54% of the population. Oromo was spoken as a first language by 93.12%, and 6.34% spoke

Amharic Amharic is an Ethio-Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amhara people, and also serves as a lingua franca for all other metropolitan populati ...

; the remaining 0.54% spoke all other primary languages reported. The majority of the inhabitants were

Protestants Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes Justification (theology), justification of sinners Sola fide, through faith alone, the teaching that Salvation in Christianity, salvation comes by unmerited Grace in Christianity, divin ...

, with 42.99% of the population having reported they practiced that belief, while 38.47% of the population professed

Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church () is the largest of the Oriental Orthodox Churches. One of the few Christian churches in Africa originating before European colonization of the continent, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church dates bac ...

, 8.91% observed Waaqeffataa raditional beliefsand 8.61% of the population 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 ...

.Census 2007 Tables: Oromia Region
, Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4.

References

{{coord missing, Ethiopia

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20130615045842/http://www.oromiyaa.com/english/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=121&Itemid=380 Oromia Zones of Ethiopia Amuru (woreda)