Dale (woreda)

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Dale is one of the 77 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Sidama Zone located in the Great Rift Valley, Dale is bordered on the south by the Oromia Region, on the west by the Bilate River which separates it from the Semien Omo Zone, on the north by Shebedino, on the east by Arbegona and Hula, and on the east by Aleta Wendo. The major town in Dale is Yirgalem.

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 441,263, of whom 215,677 were males and 225,586 were females; 43,815 or 9.93% of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 8.9%. With an estimated area of 1,326.41 square kilometers, Dale has an estimated population density of 332.7 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 430.03.^[1]