Damot Gale

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Damot Gale is one of the 77 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Omo Zone, Damot Gale is bordered on the south by Sodo Zuria, on the west by Boloso Sore, on the north by the Hadiya Zone, and on the east by Damot Weyde. The major town in Damot Gale is Boditi.

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

With the assistance of a € 76,200 loan from the Greek government, as of 2006 construction is underway to build the Damte earthen dam, a pilot project which will provide a reliable source of water for the inhabitants of this woreda. The Ethiopian government hopes to use this project as an example in other areas of the country that faces a water shortage.^[1]

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 311,561, of whom 158,017 were males and 153,544 were females; 24,281 or 7.79% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 8.5%. With an estimated area of 429.07 square kilometers, Damot Gale has an estimated population density of 726.1 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 156.5.^[2]

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