Debub Omo Zone

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Debub Omo (or "South Omo") is a Zone in the Ethiopian Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR). Debub Omo is bordered on the south by Kenya, on the southwest by the Ilemi Triangle, on the west by Bench Maji, on the northwest by Keficho Shekicho, on the north by Semien Omo, on the northeast by the Dirashe and Konso Special Woredas, and on the east by the Oromia Region. The administrative center of Debub Omo is Jinka.

This zone is named for the Omo River, a river that flows south into Lake Turkana on the western side. West of the Omo is the most sparsely populated part of Ethiopia, inhabited by nomadic and semi-nomadic ethnic groups.

According to the Central Statistical Agency (CSA) 1,364 tons of coffee were produced in Debub Omo in the year ending in 2005, representing 1.36% of the SNNPR's output and 0.6% of Ethiopia's total output.[1]

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[edit] Demographics

Based on figures from the CSA, in 2005 this zone has an estimated total population of 470,751, of whom 237,058 were males and 233,693 were females; 40,003 or 8.5% of its population are urban dwellers. With an estimated area of 22,360.79 square kilometers, Debub Omo has an estimated population density of 21.05 people per square kilometer.[2]

According to a May 24, 2004 World Bank memorandum, 4% of the inhabitants of Debub Omo have access to electricity, this zone has a road density of 22.7 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers (compared to the national average of 30 kilometers),[3] the average rural household has 0.4 hectare of land (compared to the national average of 1.01 hectare of land and an average of 0.89 for the SNNPR)[4] the equivalent of 1.5 heads of livestock. 11.5% of the population is in non-farm related jobs, compared to the national average of 25% and a Regional average of 32%. 37% of all eligible children are enrolled in primary school, and 7% in secondary schools. 77% of the zone is exposed to malaria, and 61% to Tsetse fly. The memorandum gave this zone a drought risk rating of 348.[5]

This Zone was selected by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Ethiopia) in 2004 as one of several areas for voluntary resettlement for farmers from overpopulated areas; no specific of the Zones woredas were identified in this program. Debub Omo became the new home for a total of 4748 heads of households and 18,992 total family members.[6]

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table D.2
  2. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.3
  3. ^ "Ethiopia - Second Road Sector Development Program Project", p. 3 (World Bank Project Appraisal Document, published 19 May 2003)
  4. ^ Comparative national and regional figures comes from the World Bank publication, Klaus Deininger et al. "Tenure Security and Land Related Investment", WP-2991 (accessed 23 March 2006)
  5. ^ World Bank, Four Ethiopias: A Regional Characterization (accessed 23 March 2006).
  6. ^ "Resettlement 2004", Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Agency (DPPA) (accessed 26 November 2006)

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