Danan (woreda)
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Danan (Somali: Dhanan) is one of the districts in the Somali Region of Ethiopia, named after its major town, Danan. Part of the Gode Zone, Danan is bordered on the south by Gode, on the west by Imiberi, on the north by the Fiq Zone, and on the east by the Korahe Zone.
Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 23,784, of whom 13,274 are men and 10,510 women. While 6,135 or 25.8% are urban inhabitants, a further 7,728 or 32.49% are pastoralists. 99.07% of the population said they were Muslim.[1] This woreda is primarily inhabited by the Ogaden clan of the Somali people.[2]
The 1997 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 34,428, of whom 20,038 were males and 14,390 were females; 7,030 or 20.42% of its population were urban dwellers. The largest ethnic group reported in Werder was the Somali 34,420 (99.9%).[3]
Notes
- ↑ Census 2007 Tables: Somali Region Archived November 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.4, 3.1 and 3.4.
- ↑ Permanent agricultural settlements along the Webi Shabelle River in the Gode Zone of the Ethiopian Somali National Regional state, UNDP Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia report, dated November 1995 (accessed 21 December 2008)
- ↑ 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Somali Region, Vol. 1 Archived November 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Tables 2.1, 2.12 (accessed 10 January 2009). The results of the 1994 census in the Somali Region were not satisfactory, so the census was repeated in 1997.
6°45′N 43°20′E / 6.750°N 43.333°E / 6.750; 43.333
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| Dhawa Zone | |
| Dollo Zone | |
| Erer Zone | |
| Fafan Zone | |
| Jarar Zone | |
| Korahe Zone | |
| Liben Zone | |
| Nogob Zone | |
| Shabelle Zone | |
| Sitti Zone | |
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