Wuchalena Jido is one of the 180 woreda

Woreda

Woreda is an administrative division of Ethiopia , equivalent to a district . Woredas are composed of a number of Kebele, or neighborhood associations, which are the smallest unit of local government in Ethiopia...

s in the Oromia Region

Oromia Region

Oromia is one of the nine ethnic divisions of Ethiopia...

 of Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...

. Part of the Semien Shewa Zone

Semien Shewa Zone (Oromia)

Semien Shewa is one of the 12 Zones of the Ethiopian Region of Oromia. Semien Shewa takes its name from the kingdom or former province of Shewa. Semien Shewa is bordered on the south by Addis Ababa, on the southwest by Mirab Shewa, on the north by the Amhara Region, and on the southeast by Misraq...

, Wuchalena Jido is bordered on the south by Berehna Aleltu

Berehna Aleltu

Berehna Aleltu is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Shewa Zone, Berehna Aleltu is bordered on...

, on the west by Mulona Sululta

Mulona Sululta

Mulona Sululta is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Shewa Zone, Mulona Sululta is bordered on the south by the city of Addis Ababa, on the west by the Muger River which separates it from the Mirab Shewa Zone, on the north by Yaya Gulelena Debre Liban, on...

, on the northwest by Yaya Gulelena Debre Liban

Yaya Gulelena Debre Liban

Yaya Gulelena Debre Liban is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. It is named in part after the important monastery of Debre Libanos...

, on the northeast by the Amhara Region

Amhara Region

Amhara is one of the nine ethnic divisions of Ethiopia, containing the homeland of the Amhara people. Previously known as Region 3, its capital is Bahir Dar....

, on the east by Abichuna Gne'a

Abichuna Gne'a

Abichuna Gne'a is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. This woreda is named in part for the Abichu Oromo. Part of the Semien Shewa Zone, Abichuna Gne'a is bordered on the south by Kembibit, on the west by Wuchalena Jido, and on the north and east by the Amhara Region...

, and on the southeast by Kembibit

Kembibit

Kembibit is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Shewa Zone, Kembibit is bordered on the south by Berehna Aleltu, on the west by Wuchalena Jido, on the north by Abichuna Gne'a, and on the east by the Amhara Region...

. Towns in Wuchalena Jido include Muka and Turi.

Demographics

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency

Central Statistical Agency (Ethiopia)

The Central Statistical Agency is an agency of the government of Ethiopia designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that country used to monitor economic and social growth, as well as to act as an official training center in that field. It is part of the Ethiopian Ministry of Finance and...

 in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 142,131, of whom 71,950 are men and 70,181 are women; 6,334 or 4.46% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 9.5%. With an estimated area of 1,125.63 square kilometers, Wuchalena Jido has an estimated population density of 126.3 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 143.

The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 102,382, of whom 50,834 were men and 51,548 women; 3,547 or 3.46% of its population were urban dwellers at the time. The three largest ethnic groups reported in Wuchalena Jido were the Oromo

Oromo people

The Oromo are an ethnic group found in Ethiopia, northern Kenya, .and parts of Somalia. With 30 million members, they constitute the single largest ethnic group in Ethiopia and approximately 34.49% of the population according to the 2007 census...

 (93.09%), the Amhara

Amhara people

Amhara are a highland people inhabiting the Northwestern highlands of Ethiopia. Numbering about 19.8 million people, they comprise 26% of the country's population, according to the 2007 national census...

 (6.21%) and the Werji

Werji people

Werji is an ethnic group living in Ethiopia numbering 20,480 according to the 1994 Ethiopian census . They are located primarily in Southwestern Ethiopia and may have originally spoken an East Gurage language, but today primarily speak Oromo...

 (0.61%); all other ethnic groups made up 0.09% of the population. Oromiffa

Oromo language

Oromo, also known as Afaan Oromo, Oromiffa, Afan Boran, Afan Orma, and sometimes in other languages by variant spellings of these names , is an Afro-Asiatic language, and the most widely spoken of the Cushitic family. Forms of Oromo are spoken as a first language by more than 25 million Oromo and...

 was spoken as a first language by 94.4%, and 5.55% spoke Amharic

Amharic language

Amharic is a Semitic language spoken in Ethiopia. It is the second most-spoken Semitic language in the world, after Arabic, and the official working language of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Thus, it has official status and is used nationwide. Amharic is also the official or working...

; the remaining 0.38% spoke all other primary languages reported. The majority of the inhabitants professed Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 98.09% of the population reporting they practiced that belief, while 1.14% of the population said they were Moslem

Islam in Ethiopia

According to the latest 2007 national census, Islam is the second most widely practised religion in Ethiopia after Christianity, with over 25 million of Ethiopians adhering to Islam according to the 2007 national census, having arrived in Ethiopia in 615...

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