Lalo Kile is one of the

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

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 ...

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. It is part of the Kelem Wollega Zone. Lalo Kile is bordered on the south by the Ilu Aba Bor Zone, on the west by Dale Sadi, and on the north and east by

West Wollega Zone West Wollega Zone () is a zone in the western part of Oromia Region, Ethiopia. This zone is named after the former province of Wollega, whose western part lay in the area West Wollega now occupies. West Wellega is bordered on the west by Kelam ...

. The administrative center of this woreda is Lalo. Lalo Kile was separated from former Dale Lalo woreda.

Demographics

The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 51,448, of whom 25,410 were men and 26,038 were women; 2,805 or 5.45% of its population were urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants were

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, with 73.79% reporting that as their religion, while 19.28% observed

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 ...

, and 5.78% observed

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.''2007 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region'', Vol. 1
, Tables 2.1, 2.5, 3.4 (accessed 13 January 2012)

Notes

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