- Cherti (woreda)
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Cherti (also spelled Chereti) is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia, named after its major town, Cherti. Part of the Afder Zone, Cherti is bordered on the south by the Ganale Dorya River which separates it from the Liben Zone, on the west by Guradamole, on the north by Elekere, on the east by Afder, and on the southeast by Dolobay.
The altitude of this woreda ranges from 750 to 1700 meters above sea level. Other rivers in Cherti include the Mena and the Weyib. As of 2008[update], Cherti has 62 kilometers of all-weather gravel road and 440 kilometers of community roads; about 8.69% of the total population has access to drinking water.[1]
Flooding was reported in Chereti during May 2006, which destroyed nine villages and displaced more than 870 households. More than 4,500 shoats were also reported drowned by the flooding.[2]
Demographics
Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 81,906, of whom 37,248 are men and 44,658 are women; 8,903 or 10.87% of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 8.6%. Information is not available for the area of Cherti, so its population density cannot be calculated.[3] This woreda is primarily inhabited by the Dir and Hawiye clans of the Somali people.
The 1997 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 65,853, of whom 36,517 were men and 29,336 were women; 5,967 or 9.06% of its population were urban dwellers. The two largest ethnic groups reported in Cherti were the Somali people (98.52%) and the Sidama (1.4%); all other ethnic groups made up 0.08% of the population.[4]
Notes
- ^ Hailu Ejara Kene, Baseline Survey of 55 Weredas of PCDP Phase II, Part I (Addis Ababa: August 2008), Annexes 16, 17
- ^ "Regional overview", Focus on Ethiopia, May 2006, UN-OCHA (accessed 27 February 2009)
- ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Tables B.3 and B.4. Rural population numbers are believed to be underreported for this Region.
- ^ 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Somali Region, Vol. 1 Tables 2.1, 2.13 (accessed 10 January 2009). The results of the 1994 census in the Somali Region were not satisfactory, so the census was repeated in 1997.
Coordinates: 5°20′23″N 41°52′57″E / 5.339720°N 41.882458°E
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