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Siltʼe Zone

Zone in Central Ethiopia Regional State

Summary

Zone in Central Ethiopia Regional State

Field	Value
name	Siltʼe Zone
settlement_type	Zone
seat_type	Capital
seat	Worabe
timezone1	EAT
utc_offset	+3
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Central Ethiopia Regional State
subdivision_name	Ethiopia
leader_name	Zeyne Bilka
leader_title	Chief Administrator
leader_party	Prosperity Party

Map of the regions and zones of Ethiopia

Siltʼe is a zone in the Central Ethiopia Regional State of Ethiopia. This zone is named for the Siltʼe people, whose homeland lies in this zone. Like other nationalities in Ethiopia, the Siltʼe people have their own language, Siltʼe. Siltʼe is bordered on the south by Halaba, on the southwest by Hadiya, on the north by Gurage, and on the east by the Oromia Region.

Following a referendum held between 18 and 26 April 2001, the Siltʼe unanimously voted to form their own Zone, Siltʼe. Later more woredas from Gurage and Hadya zones and Alaba special woreda were added.

Demographics

Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), Siltʼe Zone has a total population of 750,398, of whom 364,108 are men and 386,290 women; 78,525 or 6.28% are urban inhabitants. The largest ethnic group reported in Siltʼe was the Siltʼe people (97.35%); all other ethnic groups made up 2.65% of the population. Siltʼe is spoken as a first language by 96.95% of the population, and 1.54% speak Amharic; the remaining 1.51% speak all other primary languages reported. The majority of the inhabitants were reported as Muslim, with 97.6% of the population reporting that belief, while 2.03% practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.{{cite web|url=https://www.statsethiopia.gov.et/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Population-and-Housing-Census-2007-SNNPR-Statistical.pdf|title= Population Size and Characteristics

Woredas

Current Districts (also called woreda locally, is third level administration in Ethiopia after Zone) of Siltʼe Zone are:

Number	Woredas	Administrative town
1	Alicho Werero	Kawaqoto
2	Dalocha Woreda	Dalocha*
3	Lanfro	Torra*
4	Mirab Azernet Berbere	Lera
5	Misraq Azernet Berbere	Kilto
6	Misraq Silti	Gerbeber
7	Mito	Mito
8	Sankurra	Alam Gebeya*
9	Silti	Kibet*
10	Wulbareg	Kerate

Town administrations, which are considered as Woreda for all administrative purposes. Worabe which is the seat of the Zone also one of the town administration in the zone.

References

Sarah Vaughan, [http://www.ihasa.org/documents/special-reports/ethnicity-in-ethiopia.pdf "Ethnicity and Power in Ethiopia"] {{webarchive. link. (2011-08-13 (University of Edinburgh: Ph.D. Thesis, 2003), p. 265)

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