Dawo

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Dawo is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mirab Shewa Zone, Dawo is bordered on the southwest by Walisona Goro, on the west and north by Dendi, on the east by Elu, and on the southeast by Becho. The major town in Dawo is Busa.

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 80,529, of whom 40,270 were males and 40,259 were females; 2,032 or 2.52% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 12.3%. With an estimated area of 426.88 square kilometers, Dawo has an estimated population density of 188.6 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 152.8.^[1]

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