Dirashe special woreda

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Dirashe is one of the 77 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region (SNNPR) of Ethiopia. Because Dirashe is not part of any Zone in the SNNPR, it is considered a Special woreda. It is named for the Dirashe people, whose homelands lie in the eastern part of this woreda; the western part is inhabited by the Gawada people.

Located in the Great Rift Valley, Dirashe is bordered on the south by Konso special woreda, on the west by the Weito River which separates it from the Debub Omo Zone, on the north by the Semien Omo Zone, on the northeast by Lake Chamo, and on the east by Amaro special woreda. The principal town in Dirashe is Gidole.

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this zone has an estimated total population of 129,934, of whom 63,927 were males and 66,007 were females; 14,799 or 11.4% of its population are urban dwellers. With an estimated area of 1,526.41 square kilometers, Dirashe has an estimated population density of 85.12 people per square kilometer.^[1]