Kemba (woreda)

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Kemba is one of the 77 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Omo Zone, Kemba is bordered on the southwest by the Debub Omo Zone, on the west by Zala Ubamale, on the north by Dita Dermalo, on the east by Bonke, and on the southeast by the Dirashe special woreda; the Weito River defines the boundary with Bonke and Dirashe. The major town in Kemba is Kemba.

This woreda covers the homeland of the Gamo-Goffa people.

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 141,274, of whom 68,483 were males and 72,791 were females; 3,894 or 2.76% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 8.5%. With an estimated area of 1,160.94 square kilometers, Kemba has an estimated population density of 121.7 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 156.5.^[1]