Kebena Special Woreda (

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: ቀቤና ልዩ ወረዳ) is one of the special woredas in the

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of Ethiopia and its administrative center is WEsherbe . The district is named after the Kebena people. Kebena is bordered to the East by Wabe river which separates this district from Kokir Ge Kebena is bordered to the west by Abeshge to the north by the

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. Kebena was historically an independent state prior to the Abyssinian annexation of the territory in 1889. According to 19th century French geographer

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, Kebena region consists of the finest tobacco.

Demographics

According to the 2008

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conducted by the CSA, WOREDA had a total population of 368,577 people, of which 186,551 were men and 182,026 were women. 20% of the population are urban inhabitants. The majority of Kebena people identified themselves as

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, with 99.87% of the population reporting that belief, while 0.12% practiced

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, and 0.01% were

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.Census 2007 Tables: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region
, Tables 2.1, and 3.4.

References

External links

Official website of Kebana people
{{coord missing, Ethiopia Central Ethiopia Regional State