Akobo

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Akobo is one of the 8 woredas in the Gambela Region of Ethiopia. It is named after the Akobo River, which flows westwards then north into the Baro River, marking its border with Sudan. Part of the Administrative Zone 3, Akobo is bordered on the south and west by Sudan, on the northwest by Jikawo, and on the southwest by the Administrative Zone 2. Towns in Akobo include Tergol.

The Baro River entered flood stage 23 August 2006, drowning two people and displacing over 6,000 people in Akobo and adjacent woredas. Authorities were concerned about foot-and-mouth disease afflicting the local livestock following the flooding, as well as epidemics of malaria.^[1]

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 32,862, of whom 16,473 were males and 16,389 were females; 420 or 1.28% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 2%. With an estimated area of 3,830.47 square kilometers, Akobo has an estimated population density of 8.6 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 14.74.^[2]