Jor (woreda)

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Jor is one of the 8 woredas in the Gambela Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Administrative Zone 2, Jor is bordered on the south by the Akobo River which separates it from Sudan, on the west and north by the Administrative Zone 3, on the northeast by Abobo, and on the east by Gog. Information is lacking on the towns and cities of this woreda.

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 9,181, of whom 4,918 were males and 4,263 were females. With an estimated area of 2,488.13 square kilometers, Jor has an estimated population density of 3.7 people per square kilometer, which is about the same as the Zone average of 3.66.^[1]