Jile Tumuga () is a district located in the Oromiya-Special Zone of the

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 ...

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 ...

. Jile Tumuga () is bordered on the east and south by the

Afar Region The Afar Region (; ; ), formerly known as Region 2, is a Regions of Ethiopia, regional state in northeastern Ethiopia and the homeland of the Afar people. Its capital is the planned city of Semera, which lies on the paved Awash, Ethiopia, Awash� ...

, on the west by the North shewa Zone, and on the north by

Artuma Fursi Artuma Fursi is a district located in the Oromia Zone of the Amhara region of Ethiopia. Artuma Fursi () is bordered on the south by Jilee Dhummuugaa, on the west by the Semien Shewa Zone, on the northwest by Dawa Chaffa, on the north by Dawa H ...

. The administrative center of Jile Timuga woreda is Senbete town. During the 1994 census, Jile Timuga was part of the former

Artuma Fursina Jile Artuma Fursi Jilee is a woreda located in the Oromia Zone of the Amhara region of Ethiopia. Artuma Fursi Jilee was bordered on the west by the North Shewa Zone, on the north by Chaffa Gola Dewerahmedo, and on the east by the Afar Region. Towns in ...

woreda. This woreda derives its name from the Jile clan of Wollo Oromos who live there, and the Tumuga region in which its located. Prior to 1995, Jile Tumuga was administered jointly with Efratana Gidim woreda under the former Efrata & Jile woreda, which was the center of Yifat and Tumuga

awrajja Awrajja () were the third-level country subdivisions which subdivided the Provinces of Ethiopia prior to 1996. Awrajja roughly translates to "county" or "sub-province", and contained a number of "woreda" or districts, the fourth level subdivision o ...

in Shewa province. Ataye town served as the capital of Yifat & Tumuga awrajja, as well as the Efrata-Jile woreda.

Demographics

Based on the 2007 national 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 72,882, of whom 35,700 are men and 37,182 women; 5,075, 6.96% are urban inhabitants. The majority of the inhabitants 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 ...

, with 98.83% reporting that as their religion.Census 2007 Tables: Amhara Region
, Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4.

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