Boloso Sore

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Boloso Sore is one of the 77 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Omo Zone, Boloso Sore is bordered on the south by Sodo Zuria, on the southwest by Kindo Koysha, on the west by Loma Bosa, on the north by the Kembata Alaba and Tembaro Zone, on the northeast by the Hadiya Zone, and on the east by Damot Gale. Towns in Boloso Sore include Areka, Bombe Edget and Gununo Hamus Edget.

This woreda covers part of the homeland of the Welayta people.

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 358,694, of whom 182,983 were males and 175,711 were females; 31,740 or 8.85% of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 8.5%. With an estimated area of 632.66 square kilometers, Boloso Sore has an estimated population density of 567 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 156.5.^[1]

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