Dizi (woreda)

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Dizi is one of the 77 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. It is named after the Dizi people, whose homeland lies in the northern part of this district; a different ethnic group, the Surma, inhabit the southern part.

Part of the Bench Maji Zone, Dizi is bordered on the south by Sudan, on the west by Surma, on the north by Meinit, and on the east by the Debub Omo Zone. Towns in Dizi include Tum and Maji.

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 33,218, of whom 17,270 were males and 15,948 were females; 7,820 or 23.54% of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 9.1%. With an estimated area of 5,775.31 square kilometers, Dizi has an estimated population density of 5.8 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 20.^[1]