Loodee Heexosaa is one of the

aanaa Districts of Ethiopia, also called woredas (; ''woreda''), are the third level of the administrative divisions of Ethiopia – after '' zones'' and the '' regional states''. These districts are further subdivided into a number of wards call ...

s in Oromia Regional State of

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. It is part of the

Arsi Zone Arsi () is a Zones of Ethiopia, zone in Oromia Region of Ethiopia, named after a clan of the Oromo people, Oromo, who inhabit in the area. Arsi is bordered on the south by Bale Zone, on the southwest by the West Arsi Zone, on the northwest by Ea ...

. It was separated from Heexosaa Aanaa. Huruta is the main town of Aanaa.

Demographics

The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 107,133, of whom 53,522 were men and 53,611 were women; 15,298 or 14.28% of its population were urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants said they practised

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, with 53.49% of the population reporting they observed this belief, while 45.22% of the population were

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, and 1.22% of the population were

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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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