Asayita (woreda)
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Asayita is one of the 31 woredas in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Administrative Zone 1, Asayita is bordered on the south by Afambo, on the west by Dubti, then on the north by the Awash River which separates it from Elidar, and on the east by Djibouti. The major town in Asayita is Asayita.
Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 69,397, of whom 30,944 were males and 38,453 were females; 22,718 or 32.74% of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 14.9%. Information is not available for the area of Asayita, so its density cannot be calculated.[1]
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- ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Tables B.3 and B.4. Rural population numbers are believed to be underreported for this woreda.
