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Were Babu

Field	Value
name	Warra Babo
native_name_lang	am
settlement_type	Woreda
image_flag	Flag of the Amhara Region.svg
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Ethiopia
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_type2	Zone
subdivision_name1	Amhara
subdivision_name2	Debub Wollo
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	714.28
population_total	149,365 https://web.archive.org/web/20120805184429/http://www.geohive.com/cntry/ethiopia.aspx
population_as_of	2012 est.
population_footnotes

Warra Babo (Amharic: ወረ ባቦ) is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. This woreda is named for one of the "Houses" or subgroups of the Wollo Oromo that used to govern the area and is still located there. For instance, in certain areas of kebeles 07, 08, 010, 011, and 014, Afaan Oromo continues to be utilized as the primary language. Part of the Debub Wollo Zone, Warra Babo is bordered on the south by Qalu, on the west by Tehuledere, on the north by the Mille River which separates it from the Semien Wollo Zone, on the east by the Afar Region, and on the southeast by the Mi'aa River which separates it from the Oromia Zone. The administrative center of Warra Babo is Bistima; other towns include Goha, Ejersa, Arabati and Bokeksa.

The western part of Warra Babo lies in the Ethiopian Highlands, with the eastern part stretching down to the lowlands of the Afar Region; elevations range from 700 meters above sea level where the Mille leaves the woreda to 2700 meters at its southernmost point. Rivers include Laga Wakalo and the Burqa.

Demographics

Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 100,530, an increase of 11.22% over the 1994 census, of whom 50,459 are men and 50,071 women; 6,726 or 6.69% are urban inhabitants. With an area of 714.28 square kilometers, Were Babu has a population density of 140.74, which is less than the Zone average of 147.58 persons per square kilometer. A total of 23,910 households were counted in this woreda, resulting in an average of 4.2 persons to a household, and 23,201 housing units. The majority of the inhabitants were Muslim, with 97.88% reporting that as their religion, while 2.01% of the population said they practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.

The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 90,386 in 19,733 households, of whom 44,737 were men and 45,649 were women; 4,539 or 5.02% of its population were urban dwellers. The two largest ethnic groups reported in Were Babu were the Amhara (97.76%), and the Oromo (2.18%); all other ethnic groups made up 0.06% of the population. Amharic was spoken as a first language by 95.91%, and 4% spoke Oromiffa; the remaining 0.09% spoke all other primary languages reported. The majority of the inhabitants were Muslim, with 97.6% of the population reported as practicing that belief, while 2.37% of the population said they professed Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.

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References

[http://www.geohive.com/cntry/ethiopia.aspx Geohive: Ethiopia] {{webarchive. link. (2012-08-05)
[https://archive.org/stream/journalsofrevmes00isen/journalsofrevmes00isen_djvu.txt ''Journals of the Rev. Messrs. Isenberg and Krapf, Missionaries of the Church Missionary Society, Detailing their proceedings in the kingdom of Shoa, and journeys in other parts of Abyssinia, in the years 1839, 1840, 1841 and 1842''], (London, 1843), pp. 324f
Svein Ege, [http://www.svt.ntnu.no/ethiopia/c16xSouthW%C3%A4loMapFull.pdf ''South Wälo 1:100,000. Topographic and administrative map of South Wälo Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia''.] Trondheim, NTNU, 2004
[http://www.csa.gov.et/index.php?option=com_rubberdoc&view=doc&id=266&format=raw&Itemid=521 Census 2007 Tables: Amhara Region], Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4.
[http://www.csa.gov.et/surveys/Population%20and%20Housing%20Census%201994/survey0/data/docs%5Creport%5CStatistical_Report%5Ck03%5Ck03_partI.pdf ''1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Amhara Region'', Vol. 1, part 1], Tables 2.1, 2.7, 2.10, 2.13, 2.17, Annex II.2 (accessed 9 April 2009)

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