Bensa

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Bensa is one of the 77 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Sidama Zone that extends into the Oromia Region like a peninsula, Bensa is bordered on the southeast and north by the Oromia Region, with Hula on the west and Arbegona on the northwest, and Aroresa on the east. The major town in Bensa is Daye.

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 264,872, of whom 130,168 were males and 134,704 were females; 10,684 or 4.03% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 8.9%. With an estimated area of 806.88 square kilometers, Bensa has an estimated population density of 328.3 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 430.03.^[1]