Bedele Zuria
Bedele is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Illubabor Zone, Bedele is bordered on the south by the Didessa River which separates it from the Jimma Zone, on the southwest by Chora, on the northwest by Dega, on the north by the Mirab Welega Zone, on the northeast by the Misraq Welega Zone, and on the southeast by Gechi. Towns in Bedele include Bedele and Kone.
Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 139,425, of whom 71,749 were males and 67,676 were females; 23,673 or 16.98% of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 12%. With an estimated area of 1,678.44 square kilometers, Bedele has an estimated population density of 83.1 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 72.3.[1]
Notes
- ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Tables B.3 and B.4