Decha

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Decha is one of the 77 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. The name Decha comes from one of the provinces in the former Kingdom of Kaffa, which had the approximately same boundaries.

Part of the Keficho Shekicho Zone, Decha is bordered on the south by the Omo River which separates it from the Debub Omo Zone, on the southwest by the Bench Maji Zone, on the northeast by Chena, on the north by Ginbo, on the northeast by Telo, and on the southeast by the Denchya River which separates it from the Semien Omo Zone. The major town in Decha is Chiri.

The homelands of the Me'en people is located in the north of the woreda, while the homelands of the Chara lie in the south.

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 106,026, of whom 53,675 were males and 52,351 were females; 3,000 or 2.83% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 9.7%. With an estimated area of 2,841.26 square kilometers, Decha has an estimated population density of 37.3 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 81.9.^[1]