Arbegona (woreda)

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Arbegona is one of the 77 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Sidama Zone, Arbegona is bordered on the southwest by Hula, on the west by Dale, on the northwest by Shebedino, on the north by the Oromia Region, and on the east by Bensa. The major town in Arbegona is Arbegona.

This woreda covers part of the homeland of the Sidama people.

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 192,032, of whom 95,489 were males and 96,543 were females; 5,502 or 2.87% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 8.9%. With an estimated area of 474.07 square kilometers, Arbegona has an estimated population density of 405.1 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 430.03.^[1]