Konteb was one of the 77

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 ...

s in the

Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region The Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (often abbreviated as SNNPR; ) was a Regions of Ethiopia, regional state in southwestern Ethiopia. It was formed from the merger of five ''kililoch'', called Regions 7 to 11, following 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 ...

. Part of the

Hadiya Zone Hadiya (also transliterated Hadiyya) is a zone in the Central Ethiopia Regional State of Ethiopia. This zone is named after the Hadiya of the Hadiya Kingdom, whose homeland covers part of the administrative division. Hadiya is bordered on th ...

, Konteb was bordered on the south by Soro, on the west by the

Omo River The Omo River (; also called Omo-Bottego) in southern Ethiopia is the largest Ethiopian river outside the Nile Basin. Its course is entirely contained within the boundaries of Ethiopia, and it empties into Lake Turkana on the border with Kenya. T ...

which separates it from the

Yem special woreda Yem Zone is one of the Zones of Ethiopia, zones in the Central Ethiopia Regional State. Yem is named for the Yem people, Yem, people whose homeland lies in this zone, (see Kingdom of Yamma). Yem is bordered on the west and north by the Oromia Reg ...

, on the north by the

Gurage Zone Gurage is a zone in the Central Ethiopia Regional State of Ethiopia. The region is home to the Gurage people. Gurage is bordered on the southeast by Hadiya and Yem Zone, on the northwest by Kebena Special Woreda, north and east by the Oromi ...

, and on the east by Limo. Towns in Konteb included Geja, Hamecho,

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, Morsito and Sera. Konteb was divided for Gibe and

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woredas.

Demographics

Based on figures published 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 ...

in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 408,422, of whom 204,566 were males and 203,856 were females; 15,844 or 3.88% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 8.1%. With an estimated area of 1,225.00 square kilometers, Konteb has an estimated population density of 333.4 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 378.7. The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 287,430 of whom 143,587 were males and 143,843 were females; 8,743 or 3.04% of its population were urban dwellers. The five largest ethnic groups reported in Konteb were the Hadiya (80.98%), the Soddo

Gurage Gurage (, Gurage: ጉራጌ) are a Semitic-speaking ethnic group inhabiting Ethiopia.G. W. E. Huntingford, "William A. Shack: The Gurage: a people of the ensete culture" They inhabit the Gurage Zone and East Gurage Zone, a fertile, semi-mounta ...

(6.15%), the Silte (5.27%), the Sebat Bet Gurage (1.96%), and the Amhara (0.79%); all other ethnic groups made up 4.85% of the population. Hadiya was spoken as a first language by 89.22%, 4.33% Silte, 3.51% spoke

Soddo Gurage Soddo (autonym ''kəstane'' "Christian"; formerly called ''Aymälläl'' in Western sources, after a particular dialect of it) is a Gurage language spoken by a quarter million people in southern Ethiopia. It is an Ethiopian Semitic language of th ...

, 1.48% Sebat Bet Gurage, and 0.95% 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 0.51% spoke all other primary languages reported. 46.81% of the population said they 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 ...

, 22.23% embraced

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 ...

, 22.14% 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 ...

, 5.38%

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, and 0.42% practiced traditional religions. Concerning

education Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education als ...

, 35.42% of the population were considered literate, which is more than the Zone average of 33.01%. Concerning

sanitary conditions Sanitation refers to public health conditions related to clean drinking water and treatment and disposal of human excreta and sewage. Preventing human contact with feces is part of sanitation, as is hand washing with soap. Sanitation systems a ...

, 43.84% of the urban houses and 19.3% of all houses had access to safe drinking water at the time of the census; 34.52% of the urban and 4.97% of all houses had toilet facilities.''1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia'', Vol. 1, part 4
, Tables 6.11, 6.13 (accessed 30 December 2008)

Notes

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